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Patrimoine & Culture
Maternité
📍 Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin
· 68100 Mulhouse
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Georges Hanskens' work Maternity was installed in 2009 at the Nouveau Bassin. The sculpture is made of bronze covered with a brown patina and is placed on an imposing white monolithic granite base. From a distance, this work seems smaller than the others, less imposing, but it is certainly also its theme that invites the spectator to come closer and contemplate it more closely, unlike the others where one is forced to take a step back
At first glance, the spectator discovers a set of interlocking geometric forms, playing with each other. Without knowing the title of this work, it is then difficult to detect the artist's intention. The title of the work is Maternity. Directly, the forms come to life. We can see a mother embracing her child. We can also see a single figure, the silhouette of a pregnant woman.
The artist himself said he created this sculpture as a hymn to women, to gestation, to birth. We find this idea of birth through the environment in which the work is placed: nature where flowers and trees are born, live, wither, etc..
At first glance, the spectator discovers a set of interlocking geometric forms, playing with each other. Without knowing the title of this work, it is then difficult to detect the artist's intention. The title of the work is Maternity. Directly, the forms come to life. We can see a mother embracing her child. We can also see a single figure, the silhouette of a pregnant woman.
The artist himself said he created this sculpture as a hymn to women, to gestation, to birth. We find this idea of birth through the environment in which the work is placed: nature where flowers and trees are born, live, wither, etc..
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