"Impermanence" depicts a bitten pear whose arched curve boldly reveals the rounded forms of the female body. The flesh of the fruit and the flesh of the human merge into a single shape : organic, sensual, suspended in bronze like a fleeting moment seized from time.
In keeping with Rayou's sculptural language, Impermanence questions what passes and what endures: the beauty of desire, the transience of life, the eternity of a gesture frozen in metal. The title itself is a confession : everything is ephemeral, except what art chooses to hold on to.
Dominique Rayou, a self-taught sculptor born in Bordeaux in 1957 and based in Beynac, is celebrated for his ability to breathe human presence into organic forms. His numbered bronzes, cast using the lost-wax technique, are held in private and institutional collections across France and internationally.
