Nœud

Nœud by Kim Hamisky reflects the artist’s fondness for reappropriating the functionality of objects. The horizontal slab laid on two supports forms a bench knotted by human hands. The metal sculpture is made from armour steel and weighs over 200 kilos, yet somehow remains fragile. Although the functional and the aesthetic are ‘knotted’ together, this is not a bench.
This piece is the first in a series of six sculptures. One was installed at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Paris in 1987. Another of the sculptor’s works, Grand Nœud , was installed at Mill Creek Park in Kansas City in October 2005.This work was exhibited at the 2nd Biennale de Sculpture Monte-Carlo in 1989 and acquired by the State of Monaco.

Born in 1943 in Son Tây, Vietnam, Kim Hamisky arrived in Paris in the 1960s and held a number of major solo exhibitions at the Arnaud, Blondel, and Chimène galleries. In 1966, he was awarded the Arnys Prize. Initially trained as a painter, he soon developed a keen interest in sculpture. Hamisky is the son-in-law of Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, whose studio was next-door to that of Brancusi.
Throughout his artistic career, Hamisky has taken part in collective exhibitions: at the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul de Vence in 1967, at the Maison de la Culture d’Arcueil in 1970, at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (MACM) in 1972, and at the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris in 1984. In 1986, a solo exhibition devoted to his work was held at the museum of Dunkirk. His works are to be found in the permanent collections of the Centre National d’Art Contemporain in Paris, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Hakone Museum in Tokyo, and the Apiaw Museum in Vervier, Belgium. Hamisky exhibited in Monaco on a number of occasions in the 1990s. He died in 2002.