Thibault HazelzetMemento Mori

Thibault Hazelzet distils his multidisciplinary practice into a series of Momento Mori ceramic sculptures, activated as vases through the inclusion of dried flowers. The shape of each sculpture has been formally designed with the specific flowers as integral parts of its composition, meaning each object maintains a coherence in spite of the multiplicity of its materials. These vases stem directly from the artist’s previous sculptural and photographic work, which often concerns anthropomorphised forms treading a line between abstraction and figuration. The enamelled ceramic and patinated brass vases summarise Hazelzet’s research into what he terms ‘delicate brutalism’. The vessels become decaying natural and architectural forms, contemporary momento mori, referencing the exquisite beauty of floral still lives from the Dutch Golden Age.