Alain Mandon presents himself as a self-taught artist. First a painter, then a sculptor, he created his first sculpture seven years ago, inspired by his wife's breast cancer and her breast reconstruction journey. To help her accept her new body, he made a first bust by molding her body, wishing to reveal her beauty. This first success, both psychological for his wife and artistic, encouraged him to continue on this path.
Since then, Alain has devoted a large part of his work to creating sculpted busts representing body fragments. He starts with a plaster cast, which he uses to shape his sculptures by projecting molten metal. The artist works with the material in such a way as to give it an irregular effect, as if it had been eroded by time. This gives his works an almost antique look, like relics that have survived the centuries.
The work of Alain Mandon, imbued with profound sensitivity and technical mastery, invites us to contemplate the timeless beauty of human forms, transformed by trial and enhanced by art. His sculptures, both fragile and powerful, are moving testimonies of resilience and love.
Jean-François Lemaire places his work at the heart of a long-term body of work, populated by research and experimentation, whose substrate vibrates at the heart of creation and reappears at the turn of each new sculpture.
His work forges links with his lifelong concerns, making them appear like tight threads, ready to be integrated into new frames. Nothing is completely erased. Everything is renewed, transformed, and subject to the dynamic operation of Time.
Dans un intérieur pensé avec exigence, chaque détail compte. Les matières, les volumes, la lumière… mais rien n’égale la présence d’une œuvre d’art.
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