Juxtaposition of rectangular metallic structures composed of stretched cables in stainless steel (2006)
A metro station is pre-eminently a place of passage. All the individuals in it are going in precise directions. In the same way, all the elements of the universe, however big or small, have their own destiny and destination. Just like water that drains away from the sink in spiral, the milky way zig-zags around itself in combinatorial revolutions which can be described as essential. In order to reproduce the essential movement of the universe in a simple and didactic way, Thierry Bontridder uses stretched cables, on the two side walls of the station. One of the walls shows a consecutive series, a spiral going in different directions by carrying out a double rotation around its axis. In the same way, the other wall shows the waxing and waning phases of the moon.
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THIERRY BONTRIDDER (Brussels, 1956)
Thierry Bontridder is a sculptor and jewellery designer. He trained in sculpture at the Academies in Boitsfort and Brussels and in jewellery design at the Institut des Arts et Métiers in Brussels. He has exhibited his work since 1982 and combines materials such as Plexiglas, glass and metal in his work. From his very first works, Bontridder has endeavoured to translate the mysteries of light, colour and movement into sculptures. His jewels are real sculptures within themselves, but it is in his monumental works that his talent is fully expressed. With the help of the simplest materials in the modern world, such as glass, copper and steel, he expresses the poetry of today’s world.
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