Irene Cattaneo
Lunatiques / Lunatics, 2025
Metal, glass, bronze powder
44 x 24 x 25 cm
Copyright The Artist
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“C’est en contemplant cette visiteuse que tes yeux se sont si bizarrement agrandis” “It was in contemplating this visitor that your eyes grew so strangely large” A compositional pairing of...
“C’est en contemplant cette visiteuse que tes yeux se sont si bizarrement agrandis”
“It was in contemplating this visitor that your eyes grew so strangely large”
A compositional pairing of metal, glass, and light. The glass is dipped while still molten into bronze powder, producing an alchemical effect of shimmering extraterrestrial. The title refers to a heightened manner of perception: an exploration of layer upon layer, yielding beauty but also ongoing mystery, a material metaphor for Irene’s questing sensibility.
“It was in contemplating this visitor that your eyes grew so strangely large”
A compositional pairing of metal, glass, and light. The glass is dipped while still molten into bronze powder, producing an alchemical effect of shimmering extraterrestrial. The title refers to a heightened manner of perception: an exploration of layer upon layer, yielding beauty but also ongoing mystery, a material metaphor for Irene’s questing sensibility.