The works of Jean Claracq and Justin Fitzpatrick, although coming from distinct visual universes, share a deep reflection on the human condition, the transformation of the body, and its relationship with our time. Through his sculptures, Claracq reinterprets tradition by confronting the human body with digital culture and urban solitude. His creations, inspired by modern fountains found in shopping malls and other public spaces, symbolize a world where consumerism and the relentless pursuit of images dominate the human experience. These sculptures, while reinterpreting classical elements of architecture and sculpture, place human figures in frozen postures, caught in a world saturated with advertising, desire, and loneliness. Claracq thus questions the place of the individual in an environment where the quest for pleasure and image blends with a form of alienation, and where everyday objects become symbols of a world consumed by images and consumption.
On the other hand, Fitzpatrick explores abstraction and biology, offering a vision of the human body as a shifting and interconnected terrain. His works, blending organic, mythological, and scientific elements, address the body in its most fundamental and transformed form. While Claracq addresses solitude and digital dependence, Fitzpatrick probes the metamorphoses of the body in a world that is both mystical and biological. Together, these two artists question how the human being navigates a constantly evolving world, caught between desire, fragmentation, and metamorphosis.
