The Gleaning Ship
Jean-Marie Appriou
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Born in 1986 at Brest (France), lives and works in Paris (France).
Date:
2021
Medium:
Clay, wax
Courtesy:
Courtesy the artist, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich/New York and C L E A R I N G New York/Brussels
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Jean-Marie Appriou’s sculptures personify man’s relationship to the nourishing soil by drawing inspiration from the ancestral gestures of sowers, gatherers, and foragers.
They also suggest the idea of a crossing between worlds. Crossing imaginary fields, the two figures in the boat forage the plants left behind in the wake of the harvesters.