Tristan Mottier - Frontier Road - XL - Édition limitée

Description of the work:

A bison moves forward, alone, on an endless road.
The asphalt parts the horizon like a promise.

This image is not just an American scene.
It is a sensation.

The silence of a Midwest road.
The dust that rises under the hooves.
The immense sky that seems never to end.

People often say that France carries History in its stones.
But America, it carries History in its lands.
In its plains, its wars, its conquests, its migrations, its invisible scars.
Each state has its character.
Each road has its past.

This photograph evokes that almost primitive desire to leave.
To cross the United States state by state.
To smell the scents of hot gasoline, dust, leather.
To meet faces marked by the sun.
To sleep in isolated motels.
To drive without knowing exactly where you’re going.

The bison becomes here a symbol.
That of an indomitable freedom.
Of an immense territory.
Of a memory still alive.

Characteristics

• Limited edition of 30 copies
• This work is 1/30
• Format: 60 x 40 cm
• Hand numbered: 56103748
• Signed by the artist
• Fast and careful delivery in a professional rigid tube

Artist’s note:

This image was born from a deep wish: to hit the road and cross America without a precise destination. To discover its campaigns, its endless roads, its raw landscapes. To feel that almost wild freedom that still inhabits certain lands.

America is young, but it is charged with histories. Histories of conquest, of struggles, of dreams and wounds. There is lived experience in this land. You can feel it. You can breathe it.

This bison walks in the middle of the asphalt as if reminding us that nature and memory precede everything. It is an invitation to travel. To freedom. ”

Tristan Mottier