Amélie Joos - Sculptures

The clarified beeswax sculptures are the direct translation of the volume drawings. Through the material of wax, Amélie Joos attempts to materialize the small beings present in her work in two dimensions.

Wax, through its complex materiality (a material that is both hard and liquid, hot and cold), gives an appearance that is both fragile and solid; a sort of allegory of the human soul.

"Butterfly in my face", beeswax, 2017

The starting point of a work can be multiple. A word, a sentence, an image, an experience or even a bird flying in front of the workshop window, perhaps a trigger. Even if the characters represented are often isolated, I tell the relationships between beings. States of mind, feelings, anguish, desire, wounds or even joy and enjoyment are expressed in an enigmatic way.

Alice, beeswax, 2015, approximately 30 cm

The hybrid beings that the artist represents often have their faces hidden by objects (flowers, butterflies, bubbles or even bird heads), sometimes becoming cumbersome.

Sometimes, the sculptures can provoke ambivalent and disturbing feelings in the viewer. Something is wrong with these characters, life has passed by and left its mark. Despite this rather particular aspect, these little beings on edge show us their soul, tell their life story, reveal themselves before us, lay bare each one with their own little neurosis. Everyone has their own survival strategy when faced with the absurd.