凌晨三点钟，看到海棠花未眠

面料骷髅

Jim F. Faure, who goes by Jim Skull, introduces his decades-long practice with his pseudonym. The Paris-based sculptor focuses exclusively on human skulls. Using innumerable strands of colorful thread, Murano glass beads, rope, and even porcupine quills, Faure creates an entirely new “skin” for the skeletal forms. Each skull’s covering also trails off into dramatic cascades that shape-shift depending on how the skull is displayed.

Faure transforms the surface of an object that often strikes fear into a visually enticing decorative object, inviting the viewer to study the divots and contours of our shared anatomical structure. In an artist statement, the sculptor cites his upbringing in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, followed by wide-ranging international travels in New Zealand, India, and Hong Kong as informing his fascination with the ritual and cultural aspects of the human experience. You can see more of Faure’s work on his website.

Biographie

October 7, 1959.
We are in the Pacific. Latitude 20° 34’ South.
Longitude 164° 17’ East.
It is in Koumac in New Caledonia that the adventures of Jim,
our skull artist, begin. It is also a gateway for Oceania
and many other horizons.
He goes to New Zealand, stops over Vanuatu,
discovers Australia, India, and lands in Hong-Kong.
Human experiences, cultural, ritual, he is marked
by his travels and encounters.
Back to Paris, we are in 1976. He enters Estienne School,
then the Applied Arts School Olivier de Serres.
1980, he creates his first skulls.

His vocation is now revealed and will never leave him.
He holds exhibitions in Parisian bars, takes part
in the Salons d’Art, improves his technique...
creating the refined result we know of today.
Contemporary art, African, Oceanian, Amerindian,
popular, religious... multiple passions
and a melting-pot of influences
Lives and works in Paris

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理念与使命

“艺术是一棵树摇动另一棵树，一朵云推动另一朵云，一个灵魂唤醒另一个灵魂。作为艺术家应该承担着改变人们生活的责任，应该学会成为真正的创作者，而不仅仅是当做一个职业。”

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Fox国际艺术坚持传达狐狸精神-无畏、自由和颠覆。保持的使命是启发创意的无限延伸，倾尽全力创造平等机会、提倡多样性、充满活力与革新精神的工作环境，这也使工作室能吸引最有才能和创造力的设计师团队。不同文化的冲击，力求独特、创意、自由、甚至是极端反叛的艺术氛围，创意在这里并不是纸上谈兵。

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