La Conversation - La Habana, Cuba - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

Inaugurated on 25th May 2012, "La Conversation" is a bronze sculpture by French artist Étienne. It depicts two people in conversation with each other in an attitude of serious exchange of ideas. It is mounted on a plinth of Cuba’s finest marble and hidden within this plinth is a box containing French and Cuban coins plus a message for future generations. The figures have parts missing from their bodies allowing a clear view through to the plaza beyond. The spaces are in many ways the most interesting aspect of this intriguing sculpture, like the things unsaid in a conversation that help us to read between the lines and understand what people really mean to say.

For his first creations, Étienne used marble, stone and wood. But soon he opted for bronze, a material that enables him to play with solid and hollows. Étienne breaks up his subjects, he makes them pure and cleaving to their essence - a hand, a face, a look to reach a stable, well balanced harmony - constructive and expressive. Étienne's works deal with every single aspect of life, many of them a reflection of strong moments - human, spiritual or artistic encounters. Abstract to some extent yet always figurative, all these works are symbols.

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: La Conversation Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Etienne Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 25 May 2012 Materials used: Bronze Location: Plaza de San Francisco de Asis

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