

C'è una fine per tutto :-)
The Polystyrenes, beyond their polysemy of ephemeral objects, fragile, reassuring and symbols of overconsumption, are an unconscious tribute to my father. In the 1950s, a sculptor by training, he had to abandon this artistic profession out of necessity to launch himself into the industrial manufacture of plastic packaging, thus contributing, despite him, to the wave that has submerged our societies. In the early 2000s, inspired by the strange design of polystyrene packaging and their immaculate whiteness, I started a collection that grew over the years and settled permanently in my studio occupying a large wall and looking like a science fiction decor. In 2017 I make this series on black background with all the pieces. Saved from a cruel fate, they bear witness to our society of abundance. Designed to protect they are non-objects whose usefulness is immediately erased their hosts out of the package. Endangered species their life expectancy is ephemeral. White as bones, ghostly traces not fragile enough to be absorbed by nature the Polystyrenes slowly degrade in our landscapes without disappearing. How can these witnesses of the products they protected be thrown away, forgotten, no longer exist in our memories? Their presence here is a testament to our exchanges during this period of ecological carelessness that marked the era of all plastic. These are now sacralized by photography, each one bearing within himself the mystery of the object he protected, reminding us in depth of a stage in our society of abundance. Everything has an end:-)