A sacred pit
Pol Taburet
Born in 1997.
The “sacred pit” to which the title refers is reminiscent of a concert mosh pit, an orchestra pit at the opera, or the pit of a tomb. Thus, this cry can be both euphoric and festive, that of singers, or that of fear and the final breath. The gaping mouth is filled with shiny jewels: is it about to swallow them up or spit them out? The face is framed by metal doors, which resemble those of a lift whose doors open and close on the face which is trapped in the ultramarine blue space in the background. This abstract background refers to the blue of the divine and the celestial powers. In Pol Taburet’s work, the figure of the angel (whether benevolent or malevolent) often appears in a monochromatic frame, as a presence in a world that is not his own, offering a way of breaking through to another world.