Two faces, two eras, one sculpture. On one side, the refined silhouette of François Pompon — the form the Burgundian master spent twenty years perfecting, stripped of every superfluous detail, reproduced for over a century by master moulders in the tradition of museum statuary. On the other, Richard Orlinski’s interpretation: the same animal reconstructed through planes, facets, sharp angles.
The chrome glacier finish is the most striking of the three. On the Orlinski face, each plane catches light differently, the geometry asserts itself without compromise. On the Pompon face, the same reflective surface follows the curves and makes them vibrate in a different way. The sculpture changes depending on the angle, the time of day, where you place it.
This double-faced edition is cast in reconstituted stone in the tradition of museum statuary, produced in collaboration with the Association François Pompon, which defends the moral rights of the artist. It bears the official Artémus hallmark and Orlinski’s signature embedded in the sculpture. Delivered in its Orlinski case.
