“The stratification and accumulation of oyster shells seems to feed the volumetric and material proliferation of the upper part of the sculpture itself. It is the proliferation of a physical, but also social and “manufactured” space, it inevitably clashes with the natural element, exploring the relationships between human beings and their inventions. Inspired by the predominantly modernist architecture that characterizes the buildings in the northern suburbs of Paris (where the artist lives and works), the inside of the sculptures consists of a skeleton framework which, once covered by the organic element, loses all architectural connotations. What remains is a small window, a glimmer of intimacy, a domestic arena of family affection. A yellow, UV light inside it pulses dimly. “Each oyster is like a flat within an expanding building; a mass but not a community; a proximity and a separation at the same time”. A cascade of office curtains serves as a support, shading and pushing the sculpture upwards. “For me, these works are like floating buildings: fleshy clouds, blinding streaks of sky, city skylines.”

-Giovanna Manzotti