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Genesis El Pensamiento Aluminum Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Van Den Heede

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Genesis El Pensamiento Aluminum Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Van Den Heede Dimensions: Ø 8 x L 34 cm Materials: Polished Aluminum. Semilla sculptures are a visual manifesto on origin, transformation and potentiality. With an aesthetic that oscillates between the organic and the metaphysical, these works evoke the dormant force within every beginning. The artist captures in bronze, wood or marble a form that, although inspired by the plant world, rises to an almost mystical dimension: a seed that contains not only life, but also destiny. Textured surface, rough in some areas and smooth in others, invites tactile contemplation; it is as if the material speaks of time, natural cycles and the memory of the earth. The use of bronze—an ancient, eternal material—creates a poetic contrast with the fragility inherent in the concept of the seed. This is not a simple naturalistic reproduction, but a symbolic interpretation, where the seed is also a metaphor for the human being: closed, contained, but full of vital energy and possibilities waiting to germinate. Often placed in public spaces, these sculptures not only dialogue with their surroundings, but also invite the viewer to silent introspection. They inhabit a frozen moment in time, a fruitful waiting, a whisper of what is to come. Through an apparently simple form, they manage to condense the tension between the small and the immense, between the silence of matter and the murmur of creation. Jean-Baptiste Van den Heede defines himself as a cabinetmaker-designer and an artist of academic training and family tradition. He has achieved unique designs of national and international prestige and has several awards in avant-garde furniture. Born in Argentina in 1966, from an Argentine mother and a Belgian father. At 5 years of age he and his family moved to Belgium. To train as a wood professional, he first studied 4 years of carpentry. Then he continued training in cabinetmaking and carving for 5 more years. Always in search of contributing something more to his trade, he studied furniture and antique design, culminating this with the study of Sculpture at the Royal Academies of Fine Arts in Liège (Belgium) and graduating with honors. Work the stone, the wood and experience the forge. From the beginning it is directed towards a search for signs, abstract writings and unrealistic figures in analogy with other “primitive” cultures. He taught drawing and sculpture in Brussels at the private school “la main et l´ esprit” As well as summer courses in Liege (Belgium) “les ateliers d´art contemporain”. In 1995 he went to Barcelona where he taught and investigated the reliefs of different supports such as trees, floors, and especially sewer covers. He searched again analogies between current art and prehistoric, African art, etc. Participated in several exhibitions both at the artistic level and avant-garde design. In 2002, he moved down to Albacete and then to a town in the province where he still works. It is defined as “a search engine without haste or guidelines.” He says: “I only work when I feel a strong and positive inspiration invade me, an energy that I capture from matter, from the air and that I return doing the work until I feel a connection with it.” Private workshop of contemporary art in Letur (Albacete) until 2009. He currently works in his workshop-studio in the Sierra de Madrid (Guadalix de la Sierra) following his career as a cabinetmaker-designer and artist while teaching his trade to students interested in wood.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.39 in (34 cm)Diameter: 3.15 in (8 cm)
  • Style:
    Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Aluminum,Polished
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2026
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(One of a Kind)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    1-2 weeks
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Geneve, CH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1219250158172

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