OX, Neo-Jomon 5, Ceramic sculpture, 2021, Height... Lot 13

OX, Neo-Jomon 5, Ceramic sculpture, 2021, Height 72cm Diameter 23cm. For this work, the artist was inspired by the Jomon period, the Japanese Neolithic (-10,000 to -500). A young artist from Orléans, OX began by drawing and painting at the Beaux-Arts in Rouen, before discovering working with clay. "It's a life's work where you don't count the hours. I still have a lot to learn. I'd like to go to Japan, where they use traditional techniques. You know, there are ceramists who spend their whole lives trying to find the glaze they have in mind", explains OX, who is not about to stop operating his potter's wheel. "We're here to offer an alternative to Ikea and its soulless objects," says the ceramist, whose passion is firmly anchored in his body and whose formula hits the nail on the head. "Isn't pottery the first step man took towards civilization?