Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Netherlands

ABOUT THE WORK

Modeled in the form of a young boy standing with hands in his pockets, Felix Pardo de Tavera’s sculpture titled C'est mi! is seemingly a study of the self. By using a compounded play on words, Pardo de Tavera’s intention is one of self-discovery as he uses his past self as a reference point for his present piece and his future plans. By doing so, Pardo de Tavera’s straightforward piece becomes a medium of self-contemplation and identity. By sculpting his past self at his present condition, de Tavera deterritorializes identity by removing the social context of the past through the use of a uniformed palette, medium, and style throughout this sculpture.