Installation view of Galerie Gmurzynska booth at Salon Art + Design A sensuous entanglement of female form and mythical sea creature arouses our gaze and draws us into an eclectic display of sculpture and painting spanning Modernism and Contemporary art. The focal point of the sprawling Galerie Gmurzynska double booth at Salon Art + Design, Henri Laurens’ terracotta sculpture Grande Sirène (1945), engages us in a tussle between the corporeal and the archetypal and takes us on a journey of elegant female ferocity. The second-largest terracotta created by French sculptor and illustrator Laurens (1885-1954) has been a highlight at his retrospectives, and renowned curator Bernard Dorival of the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris (now known as Centre Pompidou) described it as “Lauren’s undoubted masterpiece” when the state-run museum purchased a bronze counterpart in 1946.
Subsequent bronze casts are in the collections of: MuséeCantini in Marseille, France, (a long-term deposit from Centre Pompidou); Kunsthalle Mannheim in Germany; and Musée royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels. HENRI LAURENS (1885-1954) Grande Sirène 1945 Terracotta 112 x 16 x 48 cm 44.09 x 6.
3 x 18.9 inches Laurens’ sculpture is juxtaposed with a wide range of works by artists including Marjorie Strider , Roberto Matta, Wifredo Lam, and László Moholy–Nagy at the Galerie Gmurzynska booth. The showcase demands to be viewed by multiple angles, as we approach from two aisles.
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