Exposition - Du bois à l'œuvre

A discreet and solitary artist, Michel Marty says he is sometimes surprised to see works that are very different from the furniture that the craftsman that he knows how to make come into being.

His statuettes reflect his humility. Serious, pensive, smiling or collected figures form a miniature forest of men and women. Characters drawn from Christian imagery rub shoulders with free reinterpretations of Bourdelle, or musings on the beautiful young ladies painted by Picasso, at the dawn of...