Private acquisitions Leafed elephant What is striking is that there is no fear with Sophie Verger’s apparently strange creatures and I don’t fear them either. I reply to their wink that caresses me. Besides, no sculpture without caress. As a child, the first buttocks that I held in my hand were those statues in the Compiegne park. Sophie Verger would not have reprimanded me. She would have... View
Private acquisitions Red ball Bronze sculpture : Le ballon rouge 11 x 7,5 x 5 cm Art foundry Avangini Limited edition of 8 numbered examples and four artist's proofs 2020 View
Clays The three Eves A mother carries her two daughters on her back. It’s up to everyone to imagine what they contemplate together, peacefully, in a beautiful visionary impulse. A better future for their sisters? I like this sentence from Jean Giraudoux: “Adam firmly believes that he was chased out of the earthly paradise. Eve is not sure at all, and acts, in any case, as if... View
Museum acquisitions Five Elephants and a Little Girl A large sculpture, very graphic and aerial. A little girl perches on the trunk of the matriarch and under her protection governs the acrobatics of four baby elephants.Gray patina with lighter background. View
Private acquisitions Bear and its Bear Cub A little affectionate and acrobatic showdown between a father and his child. Playful theme on the bear and its cub. Played around the rounded shapes. View
Private acquisitions Back from fishing Return from Fishing. This bear cub was part of a group created in 2015. I added the two fish in his arms. Standing firmly on his two feet, the cub radiates the joy of living when one also has such beautiful fish to eat! Sold out ! View
Museum acquisitions Lying down Sophie Verger make thecollections her own, right down to the astonishing false recumbent statue on display in the museum's central patio, blurring the lines between myth, archaeological reality and contemporary creation. (Extract from the "Sculptures en liberté" exhibition catalogue) Sandstone from Norman Oise Public collection of the VaL d'Oise... View