(Armand P.) Arman, La Libellule, 1996

patinated bronze and gold leaf on steel

Arman P. Arman is known for his use of found objects, cast in bronze and then assembled in new ways. His accumulations suggest that art is made from the everyday stuff of life thereby confusing the terms of high versus low. Suturing together propeller blades and a voluptuous bronze female figure, Arman’s La Libellule, 1996, is simultaneously a dragonfly, wood nymph and science experiment gone awry. Arman deconstructs the figure to expose its interior and exterior forms, La Libellule is an erotic sculptural collage that both amuses and horrifies.

Loan courtesy of the artist and Corice Canton Arman.

Location: Museum Circle