Inspired by his African sojourns, Richard Di Rosa will present his latest polychrome-patinated bronze sculpture "Isis", the black goddess, as well as two "Mumuye" metal sculptures created in Zimbabwe in March 2001.
On November 8, 2001, Richard Di Rosa opened Speerstra Gallery at 4/6 rue du Perche in the Marais district of Paris. This new gallery already shares a history with Richard Di Rosa. Indeed, Willem Speerstra's approach follows in the footsteps of Galerie B5 in Monaco, where in the 90s he exhibited American graffiti artists Daze, Crash, Futura 2000, JonOne, Franky Boy and French sculptor Richard Di Rosa. Inspired by his African sojourns, Richard Di Rosa will present his latest polychrome-patinated bronze sculpture "Isis", the black goddess, as well as two "Mumuye" metal sculptures created in Zimbabwe in March 2001. He also plans to invest a particular part of the exhibition space by creating an original installation that will be a formally new piece of "Diromonde".
Richard Di Rosa always strives to harmonize past and present, even if pure, soft, rounded forms are torn from the material against a backdrop of a certain violence. The violence of fraternal ties, as his brother Hervé continues to harass him legally and to misappropriate their shared work for his own benefit (Musée International des Arts Modestes, Renés, ect.). The segregationist violence of Zimbabwe or the global violence that leads Richard Di Rosa to think that his fratricidal war is a "familiavision" of this strange world that is unfolding before our bewildered and saddened eyes.
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