A pot, a head, a mischievous fusion between the object and the being. With Tête à usage de pot , Alain Monvoisin humorously and lightly diverts function and identity, blurring the boundaries between container and content.
The skull becomes a container, like an ancient amphora where fluid blue lines flow, evoking both fleeing thoughts and a strange irrigation system. Floral motifs and decorative elements dot the scene, reinforcing the impression of a hybrid artifact, half-human, half-utensil.
Under its playful airs, the work questions the way we use our minds, our bodies, our social roles. Are we shaped for a specific function? Or, like this pot-head, does our essence elude any strict definition? Tête à usage de pot is an invitation to rethink the usefulness of things and the poetry of diversion, with that touch of derision specific to Monvoisin.
