FRANCOIS VIGORIE (1953-2016) Lot n° 525

" Totem", 1983 Importante sculpture totémique en verre, cristal d'optique, taillée, sablée au jet d'oxyde d'aluminium et polie. Pièce unique de superbe qualité, numérotée 1/1 sous la base, signée et datée 83. Dimensions : h. 22,5 cm François Vigorie, totemic sculpture in optical crystal, cut, sandblasted with aluminum oxide and polished. Numbered 1/1, signed and dated 83. French visual artist and glassmaker born in Gujan-Mestras, François Vigorie develops his own artistic technique to work industrial glass and optical crystal by creating transparent sculpture thanks to his innovative technique of direct sandblasting. Its lance of sand under pressure transforms the chisel and imposes a new plastic writing to work the object, the furniture or the architecture. Artiste plasticien et verrier français né à Gujan-Mestras, François Vigorie met au point sa propre technique artistique pour travailler le verre industriel et le cristal d'optique en réalisant de la sculpture transparente grâce à sa technique novatrice de taille directe au jet de sable. Sa lance de sable sous pression métamorphose le burin et impose une nouvelle écriture plastique pour travailler l'objet, le mobilier ou l'architecture. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx French visual artist and glassmaker born in Gujan-Mestras, François Vigorie develops his own artistic technique to work industrial glass and optical crystal by creating transparent sculpture thanks to his innovative technique of direct sandblasting. Its lance of sand under pressure transforms the chisel and imposes a new plastic writing to work the object, the furniture or the architecture.