Runes

“Runes”

Sculpture by Addé 2016

 

Of all the remains, traces, remnants, relics, left by humankind, many cannot be deciphered.

Still, they are the touching signs of a will to communicate, transmit, give sense.

The remote trace of an intention to express « we were there » and, maybe, somehow, an attempt to say «do not forget us».

When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding to help the war effort, he answered, «then what would-we be fighting for».

Although it might be apocryphal, what remains from our predecessors, consists in (per se) artifacts, of which, the most moving parts are artworks, paintings, sculptures, engravings, we approach with the very same senses, the same emotion.

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De tous les vestiges, traces, restes, reliques, laissés par l’humanité, beaucoup ne peut être déchiffré.

Pourtant, ils sont les signes touchants d’une volonté de communiquer, de transmettre, de donner un sens.

La trace lointaine d’une intention d’exprimer “nous étions là” et, peut-être, d’une manière ou d’une autre, une tentative de dire “ne nous oubliez pas”.

Lorsqu’on a demandé à Winston Churchill de réduire le financement des arts pour aider l’effort de guerre, il a répondu : “alors, pour quoi nous battrions-nous”.

Bien qu’il puisse être apocryphe, ce qui reste de nos prédécesseurs est constitué (en soi) d’artefacts, dont les parties les plus émouvantes sont des œuvres d’art, des peintures, des sculptures, des gravures que nous abordons avec les mêmes sens, la même émotion.

 

Runes, sculpture, Addé, polychromy, africanhomage

Runes, sculpture © Addé 2016 (pic 1) – Photo © Xea B.

Runes, sculpture, Addé, polychromy, africanhomage

Runes, sculpture © Addé 2016 (pic 2) – Photo © Xea B.

Runes, sculpture, Addé, polychromy, africanhomage

Runes, sculpture © Addé 2016 (pic 3) – Photo © Xea B.

Runes, sculpture, Addé, polychromy, africanhomage

Runes, sculpture © Addé 2016 (pic 4) – Photo © Xea B.

Runes, sculpture, Addé, polychromy, africanhomage

Runes, sculpture © Addé 2016 (pic 5) – Photo © Xea B.

Runes, sculpture, Addé, polychromy, africanhomage

Runes, sculpture © Addé 2016 (pic 6) – Photo © Xea B.

Runes, sculpture, Addé, polychromy, africanhomage

Runes, sculpture © Addé 2016 (pic 7) – Photo © Xea B.

 

“Runes” Sculpture © Addé 2016

The quest for sense is not a-sensitive.

La quête du sens n’est pas insensible.

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