crssColosses | Fabrice Fouillet
Statues are often idealized works of art, ideological, political or religious representations, and turn their subjects into fascinating eternal figures.Once erected to keep alive the memory of a particular person or event, in a given culture, it lasts through many generations and establishes itself a symbol for the community.Statues are even more influential when they are outstanding. An edifice can be said to be monumental when it is unusual, extraordinary. It has to be abnormal, as exceptional as the political or religious power itself, also inseparable from its symbolic aspects.
The series “Colosses” is a study of the landscapes embracing those monumental commemorative statues.Although hugeness is appealing, exhilarating or even fascinating, I was first intrigued by the human need to build gigantic declarations. Then, I asked myself how such « works » could be connected to their surroundings. How can they fit in the landscapes, despite their excessive dimensions and their fundamental symbolic and traditional functions?
- Fabrice Fouillet
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