Christian Martinon - Sculpture, Schaal - 10 cm - Ceramic

Sculptural ceramic object by the French sculptor and ceramist Christian Martinon (1954)

The work has a strongly organic, folded form, with the ceramic visually giving the impression of folded or draped material.

Executed in a light cream/ivory color with a glossy craquelé surface and freely applied red-pink lines and accents.

The object is signed on the bottom with Christian Martinon's signature.

Also included with the work is a card from Christian Martinon – Céramiste / Galerie 22 – Formes Argile. Galerie 22 refers to Martinon's studio-gallery at 22 rue du Majou in Gourdon, France.

Christian Martinon is a French sculptor and ceramist, born in 1954. He began his training in ceramics in the late 1970s in the Alpes-Maritimes and in 1982 established his own ceramic studio in Gourdon.

In the following years he further explored among other things ceramic kilns, firing techniques and ceramic chemistry. Raku became an important part of his oeuvre.

Christian Martinon primarily works sculpturally and has created human figures and portraits, animal figures and more abstract ceramic compositions. His work has been exhibited internationally and he has completed both public and private commissions. Among the commissions listed on his own website are works for the city of Gourdon, the city of Rodez, the Conseil Général de Haute-Garonne and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse.

Artist: Christian Martinon
Nationality: French
Year of birth: 1954
Object: sculptural ceramic form / vessel
Material: ceramic
Color: cream/ivory with red-pink decoration
Surface: glossy craquelé
Signature: signed on the bottom
Documentation: card Christian Martinon Céramiste / Galerie 22 – Formes Argile
Dating: unknown
Title: unknown
Edition/print run: unknown

The card is included in the package.

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