{"title":"Stéphane Desmaris","description":"\u003cp\u003eStéphane Desmaris’s sculptural work is part of a progressive exploration of matter as a language of the living. From his earliest research to his most recent works, sculpture becomes a space of transformation where \u003cstrong\u003ebody, nature, and invisible structures\u003c\/strong\u003e intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitially, the vine stock serves as an essential anchor point. A material steeped in history, shaped by time and natural cycles, it offers the artist an organic base from which ambiguous forms emerge, halfway between the vegetal and the anatomical. In these early works, the sculpture reveals what seems already contained within the material: fragments of bodies, latent, almost archaic presences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGradually, this approach evolves toward more assertive, vertical forms, reminiscent of the totem. The sculpture no longer just reveals: it \u003cstrong\u003ebuilds a presence\u003c\/strong\u003e. The assembly of materials—wood, stone, alabaster, mirror—introduces tensions between opacity and reflection, between mass and light, reinforcing the symbolic dimension of the works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is in this context that the \u003cem\u003eBotrus\u003c\/em\u003e series emerges, which constitutes a central moment in the artist's career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the Greek term for a cluster, the \u003cem\u003eBotrus\u003c\/em\u003e series develops a formal vocabulary based on aggregation, proliferation, and unstable equilibrium. The sculptures are organized into groups of forms that seem at once to \u003cstrong\u003egrow, accumulate, and support one another\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach element appears as an autonomous unit, but also as part of a larger organism. This logic of assembly evokes natural structures—clusters, cells, outgrowths—while remaining rooted in a resolutely contemporary aesthetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBotrus\u003c\/em\u003e, the material retains its original strength: the wood is often worked in a way that preserves its internal tensions, its curves, its irregularities. But this organicity is placed in dialogue with a desire for construction that is almost architectural. The volumes interlock and overlap, creating balances that are sometimes precarious, as if suspended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tension between \u003cstrong\u003evital impulse and structural constraint\u003c\/strong\u003e is at the heart of the series. It reflects on the dynamics of the living: growth, accumulation, and the fragility of equilibrium. The sculptures seem caught in a halted movement, as if frozen at a precise moment in their development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough their verticality and density, certain pieces in \u003cem\u003eBotrus\u003c\/em\u003e connect with the totemic dimension already present in other series, while distinguishing themselves by their more proliferating, almost cellular nature. Where the totem asserts unity, \u003cem\u003eBotrus\u003c\/em\u003e introduces multiplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuing these explorations, Stéphane Desmaris’s work is moving toward more abstract forms, notably with the \u003cem\u003eNodulus\u003c\/em\u003e series. The volumes become more open, permeated by voids, bringing into play notions of balance, circulation, and respiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe transition to materials such as glazed ceramic or steel accentuates this evolution. The sculpture gains visual lightness while retaining a strong spatial presence. The void is no longer a lack, but a constitutive element of the form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe entire body of sculptural work thus oscillates between several poles:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe body and its abstraction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe vegetal and architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edrive and structure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome works, particularly those that explicitly evoke femininity or fertility, place this research in a more symbolic, even anthropological dimension. Others, more refined, tend toward a universal, almost minimal language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in every case, sculpture remains the site of an attempt: that of \u003cstrong\u003emaking invisible forces perceptible\u003c\/strong\u003e. Desire, growth, internal tension, the memory of matter—these are all elements that permeate the work without ever settling into a single interpretation. His sculptures do not represent the living: they replay its profound dynamics, in a language where matter becomes at once \u003cstrong\u003etrace, tension, and presence\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"botrus-bleu-entrelacs","title":"Blue Botrus Interlacing","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eCeramic sculpture - Handcrafted work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Bleu Entrelacs\" is a contemporary glazed earthenware sculpture that evokes, through instinctive and organic modeling, the carnal bond between wine, earth, and the artistic gesture, without ever depicting it directly.\u003c\/div\u003e\"Bleu Entrelacs\" is a unique piece entirely hand-modeled.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal work signed by the artist and delivered with its certificate of authenticity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 34x26x23 cm","brand":"Stéphane Desmaris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64143982920029,"sku":"B001","price":990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/0567\/2141\/files\/botrus-bleu-entrelacs-stephane-desmaris-1.jpg?v=1790783860"},{"product_id":"botrus-souffle-de-terre","title":"Botrus Earth Breath","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eCeramic sculpture - Handcrafted work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Souffle de Terre\" (Breath of Earth) is a contemporary sculpture in verdigris-glazed earthenware with brownish-red accents, evoking, through instinctive and organic modeling, the carnal bond between wine, earth, and the artistic gesture, without ever depicting it directly.\u003c\/div\u003e\"Souffle de Terre\" is a unique piece entirely hand-modeled.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal work signed by the artist and delivered with its certificate of authenticity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 38 x 32 x 28 cm","brand":"Stéphane Desmaris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64144093348189,"sku":"B002","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/0567\/2141\/files\/botrus-souffle-de-terre-stephane-desmaris-1.jpg?v=1790783860"},{"product_id":"botrus-groseille","title":"Botrus Currant","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eCeramic sculpture - Handcrafted work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis glazed earthenware sculpture, from the \u003cem\u003eBotrus\u003c\/em\u003e series, presents itself as a contemporary and stylized interpretation of a bunch of grapes, deeply rooted in the imagery of wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe work adopts a slender, almost totemic form, resting on a circular base. 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