Laury Dizengremel @ Broomhill
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Laury Dizengremel
Laury Dizengremel sculptor of ‘Artists of the Silk Road’ at Broomhill has been commissioned by The ATP, governing body of the men's professional tennis circuit to create Terracotta Warriors of the best eight tennis players in the world to mark the Tennis Masters Cup, the prestigious circuit ending championship held in Shanghai, China.
New Project for 2008
Laury is now working with Broomhill to produce an exciting new installation for 2008.
The installation will be a follow-on from the current three large sculptures taking its audience further on in the journey with the ‘Artists of the Silk Road’. Approximately 68 figures in resin and bronze will stand on 21 steel platforms on the flood plain of the Broomhill river. This new instillation at Broomhill will be viewable in March and April ‘08.
The Artist Speaks
Artists of the Silk Road - trio Created in May 2006 in China, these three monumental statues in resin (average height 3.5m) are currently located here at Broomhill Sculpture Park. Available for purchase.
Artists of the Silk Road
“My MFA journeys took me to several ancient sites over a two year period. But it is ultimately both north and south routes of China's ancient Silk Road, from Xi'An to fabled Kashgar at the foot of the Himalayas across both Gobi and Taklamakan deserts, through Sichuan's grottoes and Yunnan's mountains to inner Tibet, which became the focus of my final work.
“The ‘Artists of the Silk Road’ series is more than just a fanciful tribute to the nameless artists who created art treasures found in remote grottoes and temples under the harshest of conditions. It is also a social comment on the continuing role of artists in shaping world culture, from the early days of pre-history to our modern day.
“My imaginary artists - each and everyone one of them, are unique individuals. They are men and women, young and old. They are visionaries, communicators - exchangers of ideas, agents and promoters of understanding between cultures, individual interpreters and shapers of the spiritual, emotional, artistic and ethical values of our world. They are geniuses and they are human.
“Whether lead artists or simply skilled crafts folk, I have sought in them to embody all those whose spirit, mind and hand create wonders.
“I worked in a sculpture studio in Chongqing, China in May 2006 in the context of my Master of Fine Art international practice (MFA) project to create these three monumental statues, which stand approx. 3m 50 high. Then I shipped them to Canterbury for exhibition at University College of the Creative Arts (UCCA) in my MFA degree show in September 2006, prior to installation at Broomhill Sculpture Park (Devon, England).”
