Christian Lapie's Icarus Dream at Mimmo Scognamiglio
Christian Lapie (Reims, 1955) presents 'Le songe d’Icare/Il sogno di Icaro' at Galleria Mimmo Scognamiglio in Milan. The exhibition features a forest of wooden and bronze monolithic sculptures that fill the white box space on via Goito. Lapie's hieratic, anthropomorphic works maintain a site-specific tension, echoing his dialogue with Amazonian nature. He employs a subtractive method, starting from tree trunks and reproducing their rough 'epidermis' through lost-wax casting. A black paste coats the primitive icons, making them appear rooted in the floor, frozen moments before material transformation. The show references the Icarus myth. The gallery is located at via Goito, Milan.
Key facts
- Christian Lapie was born in Reims in 1955.
- The exhibition is titled 'Le songe d’Icare/Il sogno di Icaro'.
- The venue is Galleria Mimmo Scognamiglio in Milan.
- The gallery is on via Goito.
- Sculptures are made of wood and bronze.
- Lapie uses lost-wax casting technique.
- Works are described as hieratic and anthropomorphic.
- A black paste covers the sculptures.
Entities
Artists
- Christian Lapie
Institutions
- Galleria Mimmo Scognamiglio
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Reims
- France
- via Goito