French sculptor Daniel Hourdé invites us into his private art collection, assembled over decades and comprising African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, Egyptian and medieval works. This exceptional ensemble of objects reveals a lifelong dialogue between the artist and the art he has chosen to live with.
United by a shared focus on the human body and shaped by Hourdé’s personal sensibilities, these masks, reliquaries and ritual objects explore presence and absence, flesh and spirit, life and death. In this studio conversation, Hourdé reflects on why such works ‘need no explanation’, how they have deeply informed his sculptural practice, and why he has decided, as an artist and collector, to part with this remarkable collection.
