The degrees of initiation into the mystery of deep love
«Eros, Agapê and Philia» is a series of monochrome sculptures composed of three rings, two positioned vertically
and one horizontally. Each ring is a fusion of two bodies welded together. The carrond is the fetish form of balance
of the artist, half-square half-round. The rings can be joined on a common base or disjoint and give rise to
sculptures whose composition is free.
Maud Louvrier Clerc is interested with this series in the metamorphosis of love and more specifically in its 3 states:
Eros, Agapê and Philia as defined by Greek philosophy.Each ring of the sculpture represents one of the states and
the size of the rings grows, Eros the smallest and Philia the largest. Eros defines himself as a sensual and fleshly
relationship. Like the thunderbolt, his ring stands vertically. Agapê describes a sense of friendship, based on shared
pleasures, solidarity and complicity. Everyone cares about the other. The ring is horizontal to symbolize this
reciprocity. Philia is finally a universal and spiritual love. He gives himself selflessly. He is unconditional. His ring is
vertical to symbolize this elevation of the soul. If the word love seems overused nowadays, his experience is always
unique. These three loves can be perceived as the degrees of initiation into the mystery of deep love.
With the series «Eros, Agapê and Philia», the sculptor is interested in the movements of three loves, fixed or
imaginary, physical, friendly or universal. Like rings, each loving state is intended to evolve, become entangled and
then add up.
From an ecological point of view, the artist believes that we should learn to love the Earth not for what it brings
us for our bodily survival, nor for «future generations» which seems to him to be a very autocentric point of view
even if it is in solidarity with our descendants but just for the love of our biodiversity and therefore quite
unconditionally. The artist wonders about the ability of our civilization to develop a Philia-like love for Gaia?
The degrees of initiation into the mystery of deep love
«Eros, Agapê and Philia» is a series of monochrome sculptures composed of three rings, two positioned vertically
and one horizontally. Each ring is a fusion of two bodies welded together. The carrond is the fetish form of balance
of the artist, half-square half-round. The rings can be joined on a common base or disjoint and give rise to
sculptures whose composition is free.
Maud Louvrier Clerc is interested with this series in the metamorphosis of love and more specifically in its 3 states:
Eros, Agapê and Philia as defined by Greek philosophy.Each ring of the sculpture represents one of the states and
the size of the rings grows, Eros the smallest and Philia the largest. Eros defines himself as a sensual and fleshly
relationship. Like the thunderbolt, his ring stands vertically. Agapê describes a sense of friendship, based on shared
pleasures, solidarity and complicity. Everyone cares about the other. The ring is horizontal to symbolize this
reciprocity. Philia is finally a universal and spiritual love. He gives himself selflessly. He is unconditional. His ring is
vertical to symbolize this elevation of the soul. If the word love seems overused nowadays, his experience is always
unique. These three loves can be perceived as the degrees of initiation into the mystery of deep love.
With the series «Eros, Agapê and Philia», the sculptor is interested in the movements of three loves, fixed or
imaginary, physical, friendly or universal. Like rings, each loving state is intended to evolve, become entangled and
then add up.
From an ecological point of view, the artist believes that we should learn to love the Earth not for what it brings
us for our bodily survival, nor for «future generations» which seems to him to be a very autocentric point of view
even if it is in solidarity with our descendants but just for the love of our biodiversity and therefore quite
unconditionally. The artist wonders about the ability of our civilization to develop a Philia-like love for Gaia?
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