FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE RARE FIND/ Ernesto Mayan GALLERY
601 CANYON RD SANTA FE NM
SHOW ON DISPLAY AT LEAST THROUGH 2024
WE ALL WEAR OUR OWN ARMOR - ART OF SEAN T FRENCH
Sean T French is a metal sculptor based in his native state of Arizona. French has created a unique style utilizing many metal forming techniques developed over decades including ancient armoring methods, english wheel, and casting. French has worked in many media over the years focused now on metal sculpture as his preferred media.
After becoming a master historical armorer decades ago for theater and reenactment French lost interest in helping recreate this history and shifted his mastered armoring skills to fine art. Realizing it was more important to explore the idea of armor in the theme that “we wear and build our own metaphorical armor as we present ourselves through life” than it was to recreate a history of war and greed. His pieces often explore this metaphor focusing on different elements in each piece and are often female because he has witnessed many strong people do this in female form through his life.
Many of the pieces are approx human sized, bust or head sized with the exception of a few larger collaboration pieces. They are various metals and usually polished to a high shine creating beautiful reflective surfaces that seem to reveal other dimensions. Some of the sculptures are activated with fire features and or internal lighting.
French is an award winning sculptor regularly showing around the country including an installation at the Scottsdale Contemporary Museum, many AZ gallery shows, personal collections, and collaboration pieces installed at events and exhibits from Miami FL to Black Rock City NV. Also in Arizona French has been hosting yearly themed “activated space” shows, “LIMINALITY” in 2022, that feature fire and performance with the sculpture. He is also currently creating pieces for the movie industry, Burning man, and can be seen on the History Channel.
French also dips into his armoring past to create wearable art that takes the traditional forms to another level in his style. These also comment on how we wear our own “armor”. These pieces completely change the wearer, both how they outwardly present and with a boost to inner power. These are meant to be worn in public from festivals to fashion shows to art walks or dinner...these include neck pieces head pieces masks, bras, shoes, pendants...etc.
French’s fire sculptures have been featured at Burning Man and Burning events around the country including, “The WOMANTIS”, “Dont Touch” , “ASCENT”, and The 20ft tall collaboration piece the “FeNyx”. These pieces are also in the same metal style but have internal fire systems that shoot large high pressure flames.
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