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 Celestrial nails 

7 ceramics and carbon monoxide _50/10cm each

This installation consists of long ceramic nails, patinated with carbon oxide, arranged on the floor in a modular configuration. Their arrangement forms an enigmatic sign, evoking runes or constellations, inviting symbolic interpretation.

The title refers to a pagan belief that the "North Star," nicknamed the "nail of the sky," represented the fixed center of the universe around which other stars revolved. By reactivating this forgotten cosmology, these nails, with their raw materiality and open arrangement, become markers of a lost language, oscillating between tool, symbol, and vestige. They suggest a tension between earthly anchoring and cosmic aspiration, between permanence and movement.

These " celestial nails " come from an ancient belief. The sky nail, now called the North Star, was the centre of the universe around which the stars revolved.

The 50cm long ceramic nails, whose arrangement is variable, draw a sign asking to be interpreted like runes. These "Heavenly Nails" originate from an ancient belief. The sky nail, now called the North Star, was the centre of the universe around which the stars revolved.

© 2023 by Vincent Mesaros and the artists for their published works, all rights reserved.

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