With La Féminité , Arestakes delivers an intimate and gentle sculpture, where the roundness of the forms embodies a feminine presence that is at once humble, strong and collected. The body, folded against a rough wall, seems absorbed in a posture of introspection, the arms enclosing a face that hides from view, as if protected from the tumult outside.
The contrast between the delicacy of the curves and the raw texture of the background evokes a tension between vulnerability and strength, between silence and affirmation. The soft, textured Lavoux stone gives the piece an almost archaeological dimension, as if extracted from time itself.
Femininity is in line with Arestakes' humanist works, which magnify interiority, tenderness, and contained emotion.
A meditative piece, which speaks of presence in the world while leaving room for the imagination.
