The artist drew his inspiration from the art of Burkina Faso and created a series of wooden and bronze sculptures which he named “Primitive Inspirations”. This sculpture was originally made from Iroko wood before being cast in bronze. The work, which depicts a father having fun with his child, is bi...
The artist drew his inspiration from the art of Burkina Faso and created a series of wooden and bronze sculptures which he named “Primitive Inspirations”. This sculpture was originally made from Iroko wood before being cast in bronze. The work, which depicts a father having fun with his child, is biographical, the artist’s homage to fatherhood.
Axel Cassel, whose real name was Axel Limmeroth, was a painter, sculptor, engraver and illustrator, who was born in 1955 in Cassel (Germany) and died in 2015 in Lisieux (France). His family moved to Paris in 1972, where he began studying law before shifting his focus to art. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1980. First an engraver then a sculptor working with wood, he drew inspiration from his many trips to Africa, Asia and Oceania. During these “crossings”, he sought out contact with sculptors, both renowned and little-known, taking a keen interest in their ideas and practices. He settled in Normandy with his wife, Malgorzata Paszko, a painter of Polish background, and was a passionate observer of nature. He created his works by watching the movement of water, the cracking of the earth, leaves on a branch, curls of smoke. He produced series of sculptures that blended plant and animal forms, and worked in wood, bronze, plaster and terracotta. Fascinated by the primitive arts, of which he was a discerning collector, he also admired the work of the sculptors Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp and Henry Moore. His human figures are reminiscent of the work of Alberto Giacometti. Axel Cassel held some 60 solo exhibitions in France and abroad. He won the National Council Prize at the Monte-Carlo International Contemporary Art Awards in 1999
