Michael (wooden cactus), 2022
Claudia Comte
Bids starting at
$30,000
Unique artwork by Claudia Comte
Sequoia wood, carved with the chainsaw, sanded and polished by hand.
Measurements: 70 x 42 x 13 cm
Object weight: 5.0 kg
Shipping and Handling not included
The Story
At the heart of Comte’s installations are monumental wall paintings and serial sculptures inspired by organic patterns and morphology such as waves, sonar, cacti and rock strata, that are playfully recomposed within fluid and immersive environments. Drawing on the powers of communication, knowledge and symbiosis between animal and plant life, Comte’s dynamic and shape-shifting objects pay testament to the intelligence and transformative capacities of the ecological world.
The Artist
Claudia Comte (b. 1983, Grancy) is a Swiss artist based in Basel, Switzerland. Working across site-specific installation, painting and sculpture, her practice is guided by a longstanding interest in teasing out the history and memory of biomorphic forms through traditional hand processes, industrial and machine technologies.
