Bronze and rock crystal
51 x 34x 30 cm
2024
Prints 8 + 4

Stamp of Dominique Mufraggi, the founder and the skater

Price on request

"Drinking. This is the most exposed, the most vulnerable moment. It's essential to be discreet, even to disappear. The patina of this very real bronze makes the feline almost as transparent as the rock crystal, as limpid as the water of the mountain stream on which she merges. " Dominique Mufraggi

About the feline series

This series on felines is very dear to Dominique Mufraggi. He has a certain fascination for the capacity of these animals for discretion, solitude and determination in their cautious yet determined attacks. For him, they are high-level athletes who hide a lot and appear for their attacks like lightning. It is this set of characteristics that he attempts to capture in these volumes.

Dominique Mufraggi's plastic art captures the power of musculature, its slightly cubist synthesis, inspired by Tamara de Lempika's painting, which juxtaposes simple forms with subtle connections. So that the viewer can concentrate on the feline's attitude, he sculpts only part of the animal, opting for a frontal view to capture the most expressive part of the animal: the gaze, the mouth and the part that seizes the prey.

"What a marvel it is to observe these feline beauties. The moment I try to capture in these volumes is ephemeral. Its base is only temporary; it passes through it, surpasses it, crosses its limits. Perhaps tomorrow it will no longer be there" Dominique Mufraggi