Maxime Bagni - Arte Laguna Prize 2023

Wood (oak), glass, steel, water.

In the 4.50 meters of the column, are contained many "fragments" of water. Each time the sculpture is exhibited, it takes some water of the location in charge within it. Also, many rivers, seas, sources and fountains nourishes the sculpture with their names. The bricks of glass embedded in the beam are original objects from the 40’s, crafted in Berlin for the purpose of rebuilding the stained window of a church destroyed in bombings. Those objects are interesting because it is difficult to tell if they are bricks or bottles. In this confusion, the transparence of the water contained in the bricks may be the window to an open space, a portrait of an abstract territory, made of the many intertwining between the waters collected by the artist.

Text from the Arte Laguna World catalogue.

©MaximeBagni