With an iconography widely drawn in the mysteries of the seabed, the artist deploys series of ceramic pieces imprinted with a strange beauty. Its polymorphic creations that incorporate pearls, shells, tentacles or other brushes and corals evoke both the « rustic figulines » of Bernard Palissy at the Renaissance and the ornamental ceramic of Vallauris in the nineteenth century.
These sculptures are precious and disturbing biotopes, oscillating between familiar forms and imaginary creatures. At the onslaught of the collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, these pieces invest the spaces of the palace: monumentality and sensuality resonate with the old collections and rejuvenate with theatricality the original splendor of the Belle-Epoque villa that houses the museum. The exhibition thus creates a singular narrative, where the historical past and contemporaneity of ceramic art intertwine to illuminate the collections from unusual and facetious angles while sublimating the timeless grandeur and luxuriant electism of the places.
Formed at the École Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques, the Bosio Pavilion in Monaco, Racca Vammerisseworks today between Nice and the Workshops of the Logoscope, research and creation laboratory in the Principality of Monaco/Beausoleil, of which he is an active member. Since 2010, he has built an artistic universe that mixes ceramic sculptures and visual poetry. His works were presented in prestigious places such as the Musée de Valence, the International Biennale de Céramique de Vallauris (2016 and 2024), the Musée de la Piscine de Roubaix (2017), the New National Museum of Monaco (2020) or the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (2021).
Enlisted in the world of contemporary art, it is represented by the gallerySpace for Vendre, which accompanies his singular approach. Each exhibition testifies to its ability to create timeless works where ceramics are made language, sublimating matter to evoke stories sometimes wonderful, sometimes disturbing, but always intensely narrative.
Racca Vammerisse, Mytulus Voracéphale, 2023 Modeling, red chamoted faience, white smooth faience multiple lights, enamel 30 x 34 x 17 cm © Photo Yannick Cosso