THE JANUS OBJECT
JANUS IS AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC AND ARTICULATED BI-FRONT SCULPTURE.
A FORM OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL EMOTICON WITH AN EXPRESSIONIST MOBILITY.
IT IS THE ARCHITECTURAL EXHUMATION OF THE ANCIENT MYTH OF THE GOD WITH THE OPPOSITE DOUBLE FACE,
GUARDIAN OF THE PRESENT DOOR BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE , THAT OF TIME.
Janus Acturus
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Polish brass, bruched and veneered with
buffed Amboine burlwood.
Janus Canopus
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Enameled brass.
SINGULAR AND DOUBLE
Janus Alpha Centauri
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Polished brass, gilded 3 microns
and lacquered.
Janus Antares
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Polished brass, brushed and plated
with tiger eye.
Its exoskeleton is a crystal of 72 facets, space of moving expression lending, for its dressing, to all the mediums, materials and techniques. The metal is enamelled or lacquered, sheathed with precious wood or hard stone, according to the inspiration.
Legend has it that he was king during the Golden Age and Ovid,
a poet in Rome who celebrated it, claims that he is as old as the world and makes him say:
“I watch the Gates of Heaven with the ‘amiable procession of the Hours”.
MASK OR ANDROID
Janus Sirius
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Enameled brass.
Janus Achenar
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Chrome plated brass.
CONTEMPORARY ARCHAISM
Janus Altaïr
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Brushed brass, patinated and enamelled.
Janus Vega
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Brushed and lacquered brass.
NEO-PRIMITIVE
Janus Procyon
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Lacquered and enamelled brass.
Janus Aldebaran
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Polished and brushed brass.
Janus Cappela A
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Brushed and lacquered brass.
Janus Betelgeuse
30 x 27 x 10 cm
Polished, brushed and enamelled brass.
JANUS IS ALSO PRESENT IN “L’ESPACE TEMPS”*
Don’t hesitate to contact Janus for more information !