The Dawn, 2014
polystyrene, fibre glass, acrylic paint, acrylic resin
138.5 x 76.5 x 51.5 cm. (54.5 x 30.1 x 20.3 in.)

image courtesy of the artist and Eva Presenhuber, Zürich

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This is The Dawn (2014), a sculpture by Swiss artist VALENTIN CARRON which is currently making small waves in the art pond. Presented at the FIAC last month, the sculpture has been highly inspired by l’Aube (1977), a sculpture by Italian artist FRANCESCO MARINO DI TEANA (1920-2012) presented in the public space of Neuchâtel.

His meticulous version is not a forgery, nor is it an homage. But VALENTIN CARRON‘s piece is very interesting for all the questions that rise from it about visual illusion, originality, authorship, the interior structures of art and image culture, and the limitations of any history of art wedded to the image.

Nothing comes from nothing. Someone, somewhere, is doubtless repeating CARRON. The cycle is endless. However the swiss artist seems to get involved in a legal dispute, à suivre!

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source: rts

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