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Constant

 
1. Perforated sculpture made of laminated steel
180-centimeter-wide cylinder 1998
Photography taken by P. Houcmant

2. Galvanized steel pillar ST 37
25-centimeter-long, 270-centimeter-high. 1998
Photography taken by P. Houcmant

Sculptor
Born in 1964 in Liège
Nationality : Greek
Address : 39 rue Henri Blès B - 4000 Liège
Phone number : 0032 / 4-224.16.00 - 0032 / 4-226.97.32
Fax number : 0032 / 4-224.21.55

Education :
-He studied photography and illustration at Saint Luc Fine Arts School in Liège.
-He studied sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts in Liège.
-He studied the special welding techniques at Saint Laurent, another school in Liège.

Exhibitions :
-He has organised his own exhibitions and has taken part to many group exhibitions not only throughout Belgium, but also in some European countries (Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, France, England, ...).
-His works have also been on display at some Festivals of Arts, especially in Europe.
-Constant also exhibited his sculptures at the Whistable Festival of Arts last year.

His way of working :
The sculptor Constant buys laminated steel and he cuts it out when he needs it. So, he doesn’t throw away any steel : he re-uses every off-cut or every scrap from his previous works.
He likes working with tools from the iron and steel industry, such as the anvil, the oxy-cutter or the arc welding.
His last formats are rectangular vertical panels (50 cm long - 200 cm high). They are either hanging on a wall or standing on a base. These panels are sometimes rolled up and look like cylinders.
He perforates the panel surface creating organic shapes without previous sketch. Constant takes the greatest advantage of the solidity and the rigidity of the steel. By sculpting openworks, he makes them flexible, lighter and easier to manipulate.
Constant doesn’t want to start sculpting blindly because he doesn’t believe he is necessarily going to achieve what he intends to. His works gets a meaning through a lack of balance and instability. This way of working requires sustained attention.

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