RO:
Jean-Pierre Augier, artistul fierar
Nascut in 1941 la Nisa, traieste si munceste in Saint-Antoine-de-Siga, intre Levens si Saint-Blaise (Alpes-Maritimes, Franta). A creat cu o multitudine de materiale inca de cand era copil. Din 1963 a devenit interesat de unelte iesite din uz si a invatat cum sa le sudeze. Din acel moment a inceput sa modeleze doar fier si a inceput sa expuna lucrarile la "La Maison du Portal" in Levens, in alte cateva regiuni din Franta dar si in Paris, New York, Luxemburg, Belgia, Germania si Elvetia.
Uneltele vechi si piesele de fier reprezinta un motiv de inspiratie pentru Jean-Pierre Augier care le aduna si le transforma in personaje si animale care par in miscare.
Temele sale preferate sunt femeia, cuplul, maternitatea, fabule si povesti, mitologie si religie. Lucrarile sale sunt recunoscute ca avand "patru virtuti cardinale": gratie, miscare, tandrete si umor.
EN:
Jean-Pierre Augier, the blacksmith artist
Born in 1941 in Nice, he lives and works in Saint-Antoine-de-Siga, between Levens and Saint-Blaise (Alpes-Maritimes, France). As a child, he created with various materials. From 1963, he got interested in disused old tools and learned how to weld them. From that time on, he would only shape iron and then exhibit at « La Maison du Portal » in Levens, in several other French regions, but also in Paris, New York, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.
Old tools and iron pieces are an inspiration to Jean-Pierre Augier, who gathers and turns them into characters or animals on the move.
His favourite themes are woman, couple, motherhood, fables and tales, mythology and religion. His works are recognized as having « four cardinal virtues »: grace, movement, tenderness and humour.
