Marc Bankowsky
After studying at the National School of Decorative Arts and the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, Marc Bankowsky first learnt painting. His meeting with the painter José Fabri-Canti led him to Corsica to create Cyrne Arte where he learned about frescoes and mosaics.
In the 1970s, Marc returned to Paris after a detour to Switzerland, where he discovered and learned weaving. His Huge hanging cocoons the "Nacelles" met with huge success, particularly at the biennials of tapestry in Lausanne.
Museums and Houses of Culture exhibit his works. For its opening, the Center Georges Pompidou commissioned a monumental work, installed in front of the entrance. His taste for objects led him to work in the 1980s with bronze, to which he has since dedicated himself, reviving his mythological roots.
The forces of nature, through the plan, mineral and animal world, become furniture and objects of bronze, plaster and resin.
WORKS
APHRODITE
Limited edition of 12 per patina
2025
Bronze
Numbered and signed piece
Dimensions: Lenght 55 cm x Width 33 cm x Height 25 cm
About Aphrodite
"From vegetal to bronze: Story of a candle holder
At the beginning, there is the fascination for the plant kingdom, and also all these encounters with ancient but still contemporary statuary. It is through wax modeling that I exteriorize the vegetal part that is in me. Then comes the "miracle" of bronze, through the intermediary of the founder, master of the elements. The latter, from the wax model, makes a sand or plaster mold, then pours the bronze liquefied by the fire into it. This is how the fragile flower and these branches, nourished by all emotions, such as rain, air, sun, perfumes, colors, and myriads of other events, will pass through time by this transmutation into bronze.
Finally, the candle holder, after the finishing touches, will live its life by the grace of the person who will have chosen it ..."
Marc Bankowsky
KLADOS
Limited edition of 6 per patina
2020
Bronze
Numbered and signed piece
Dimensions: Length 26 cm x Width 16 cm x Height 20 cm
About Kaulos
"From vegetal to bronze: Story of a candle holder
At the beginning, there is the fascination for the plant kingdom, and also all these encounters with ancient but still contemporary statuary. It is through wax modeling that I exteriorize the vegetal part that is in me. Then comes the "miracle" of bronze, through the intermediary of the founder, master of the elements. The latter, from the wax model, makes a sand or plaster mold, then pours the bronze liquefied by the fire into it. This is how the fragile flower and these branches, nourished by all emotions, such as rain, air, sun, perfumes, colors, and myriads of other events, will pass through time by this transmutation into bronze.
Finally, the candle holder, after the finishing touches, will live its life by the grace of the person who will have chosen it ..."
Marc Bankowsky
HÉRA
Edition limitée de 12 par patine
2020
Bronze
Numéroté et Signé
Dimensions: Diamètre 14 cm x Hauteur 10 cm
"Du végétal au bronze: Histoire d’un bougeoir. Au début, il y a la fascination pour le règne végétal, et aussi toutes ces rencontres avec la statuaire antique mais encore contemporaine. C’est par le modelage à la cire que j’extériorise la part végétale qui est en moi.
Puis intervient le « miracle » du bronze, par le truchement du fondeur, maître des éléments.
Celui-ci, à partir du modèle en cire, fait un moule au sable ou en plâtre, puis y coule le bronze liquéfié par le feu.
C’est ainsi que la fragile fleur et ces branches, nourries de toutes émotions, telles que la pluie, l’air, le soleil, les parfums, les couleurs, et des myriades d’autres événements, traverseront le temps par cette transmutation en bronze.
Enfin, le bougeoir, après les finitions, vivra sa vie par la grâce de la personne qui l’aura choisi…"
Marc Bankowsky
KAULOS
Limited edition of 6 per patina
2020
Bronze
Numbered and signed piece
Dimensions: Length 26 cm x Width 17 cm x Height 13 cm
About Kaulos
"From vegetal to bronze: Story of a candle holder
At the beginning, there is the fascination for the plant kingdom, and also all these encounters with ancient but still contemporary statuary. It is through wax modeling that I exteriorize the vegetal part that is in me. Then comes the "miracle" of bronze, through the intermediary of the founder, master of the elements. The latter, from the wax model, makes a sand or plaster mold, then pours the bronze liquefied by the fire into it. This is how the fragile flower and these branches, nourished by all emotions, such as rain, air, sun, perfumes, colors, and myriads of other events, will pass through time by this transmutation into bronze.
Finally, the candle holder, after the finishing touches, will live its life by the grace of the person who will have chosen it ..."
Marc Bankowsky
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