LOVE IN TRANSIT , 2023
Series of glazed ceramic sculptures. Earthenware ceramic clay, bricks, wood, rubber wheels
SIZES APPX H 50x L30 x W 35cm
The sculptures are inspired by gogottes—naturally formed mineral concretions found in the sandstone quarries of the Fontainebleau region in France. Gogottes were discovered during sand extraction in the 18th and 19th centuries, when quarry workers encountered these unusual, organically shaped calcite formations hidden underground.
Formed over millions of years through the slow crystallization of calcite in sand, gogottes appear sculptural and almost anatomical, resembling folded fabric, internal organs, or abstract figures. Their uncanny forms fascinated collectors, scientists, and artists alike. They were admired in royal and private collections and later embraced by modern artists and Surrealists for their resemblance to the human body and their ambiguity between nature and sculpture.
Drawing on this history, the sculptures reinterpret gogottes as contemporary artefacts—objects that exist between geology and anatomy, nature and culture. They echo processes of pressure, time, and transformation, mirroring the body’s own capacity to record experience through form.
