The newly designed vases by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez for Galerie kreo continue the dialogue between functional object and ritualistic origins that commenced with his
mask mirror collection (2012). Inspired by the canopic jars used in the burial rituals in the ancient Egypt, the similar bodies of the va

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ses are distinguished by different lid
ornaments evoking the Egyptian divinities guardians of their content. The figurative representation has been abstractly reinterpreted through geometric shapes more attuned with contemporary visual language: the solar disk for RÂ, the pointy ears of the jackal for ANUBIS, and the royal crook and flail for OSIRIS. The juxtaposition of ancient and contemporary references blurs the temporal and functional origin of the object.

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Typologies

Vase

Matières

Ceramics & Glass

Projet suivant par Jean-Baptiste Fastrez