Vieille Poutre
Description
Executed in: 1992 - 2016
Medium: Oak
Size: 75,5 x 18 x 18 cm
Signed
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Location
Paris
Favourite
Description
Chaouki Choukini punctures wood with window-like openings, giving the impression that light pierces the work. The bewildering, yet simple, works display formal organization and rely on the effects of light on hollowed, carved, broken and polished wood. Always imposing and sophisticated, his sculptures contrast the soft curves of polished wood with the dangerous cracks and crevasses within relief labyrinths.
Chaouki Choukini is a wood sculptor. He studied at the École Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1967 till 1972 and then travelled to Japan in 1984. Choukini has been displayed in many exhibitions including at the Institut du Monde Arabe in 1991 as well as in 2012 in an important exhibition titled ‘Le Corps Decouvert’. He won the Taylor Foundation Prize in 2010. He currently lives and works in France. His works can be found in numerous collections including, the Centre National des Arts Plastique, Paris, France, the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Val-de-Marne, Ivry-sur-Siene, France, the Arab World Institute, Paris, France, the Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, the National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan, the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE, the Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
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