Blow Bangles

by François Daireaux
  Installation "Blow Bangles" in la Maréchalerie, Contemporary Art Center, Versailles (FR)

blown glass
– series 01, unique piece, blown imprints of 404 toras
– series of 15 pieces + 1 photo 750 mm x 940 mm mounted on dibond
– single pieces

Does the act of blowing an entire production into another production, within another technical context exemplify the act of erasing something to better reveal it? François Daireaux collected 404 toras (rings of around 200 glass bangles strung together) in various colours, from the village of Firozabad, India. In addition to the Blow Bangles installation, made up of 404 “imprints” of these toras, re-melted and blown in a selection of 404 historic moulds conserved at Meisenthal, small series have been edited.

© Guy Rebmeister
© Guy Rebmeister
 © François Daireaux
© François Daireaux

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