Sophie Verger French, b. 1953
Black and gray ocher patina
10 1/4 x 15 3/8 x 4 3/4 in
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This sculpture was acquired by the Musée de l’Outil du Val d’Oise in Wit Dit Joli Village. In 2020, I exhibited around ten large sculptures in the museum's Remarkable Garden and this smallest piece found a place in one of its rooms.
I was inspired by the Merens, a powerful Pyrenean animal contrasting with the fragility of the little girl. Merens, Percherons, Northern Traits, etc. were the essential horse companions of men before the arrival of the internal combustion engine. These magnificent breeds continue thanks to a few breeders.
Sophie Verger plays with the pure reason of the look and lies the opposition of her interpretation.
Beyond anthropomorphism there is also, often, the notion of games. With animal representations worthy of Pompon but going beyond a simple realistic look, Sophie Verger sculpts poems, whole tales in one piece...