POL BURY - Paris, Obélique

The graphic work of Belgian artist Pol Bury is characterized by a highly personal interpretation of elegant and surreal metropolitan environments, where human presence is eliminated and the focus is on the architecture. But the most striking element is the unexpected and extraordinary appearance of the sphere, a central element in Bury's research and a recurring theme in his sculptural work. The sphere interacts with the metropolitan architecture and influences it. The sudden and unexpected presence of an enigmatic element like the sphere in a plausible space-time situation creates a sense of estrangement that allows us to define this work as similar to a metaphysical aesthetic.

This silkscreen is part of a series of prints in which artist Pol Bury connects the architecture of Paris with the sphere. While aesthetically, the appearance of the sphere in an urban landscape relegates this work to the realm of metaphysics, delving deeper into a conceptual analysis, the presence of the geometric solid relates to Bury's research into kinetic art. Pol Bury's sculptures always seek perpetual movement, which is why the spherical element is fundamental, as it generates unstoppable forces and dynamics. This is also true for the metropolitan landscape, as the appearance of the sphere grafts, within the geometric rigidity of the obelisk, a continuous radiance of forces and dynamic vibrations. The artist's graphic work is aimed precisely at capturing and exalting these forces and movements, perfectly paralleling the Belgian artist's sculptural work.

Pol Bury was born in Belgium in 1922 and passed away in 2005. Primarily a sculptor, he began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. In 1953, he abandoned painting for kinetic sculpture, which led him to conceive installations that could be moved by the public or by electric motors. Among his most famous works is the sculpture-fountain L'Octagon, located in San Francisco. He also worked as a playwright. From the 1960s onwards, he lived mainly in Paris.

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