CLAUDIA COMTE
THE ITALIAN BUNNIES IN SHANGHAI

TAIKOO LI QIANTAN, SHANGHAI, CHINA
PERMANENT INSTALLATION SINCE 2022 Acclaimed Swiss artist Claudia Comte’s oeuvre connects the natural world and traditional craftsmanship with modern technologies. "The Italian Bunnies in Shanghai, Comte's first permanent public artwork on the Chinese Mainland, consists of seven rabbit-ear-shaped sculptures namely Pietro, Properzia, Michelangelo, Guido, Leonardo, Donatello, and Gian Lorenzo. They are based on wood bunnies she initially hand-carved with her signature tool – a chainsaw – which were then 3D scanned, scaled up, and carved from a single block of Bardiglio marble.Comte often imbues a sense of playfulness and humor into her works that juxtaposed with the seriousness of the environmental subjects she explores. The curvaceous marble sculptures bearing names such as Michelangelo and Leonardo are a tribute to some of the greatest Italian Renaissance sculptors in history, while some associate with the heroes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.Introducing art as joy in the public space at Taikoo Li Qiantan, Comte invites viewers to be immersed and muse on their interconnected relationship with the organic world.
THE ITALIAN BUNNIES IN SHANGHAI, 2021
Bardiglio Nuvolato Marble
Variable sizes

© Images Taikoo Li Qiantan

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CLAUDIA COMTE
Claudia Comte (b. 1983 in Grancy, Switzerland) is an artist based in the countryside outside of Basel, Switzerland. She studied at the Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, ECAL (2004-2007) followed by a Masters of Art in Science of Education at Haute Ecole Pédagogique, Visual Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland (2008-2010). 

Comte works between media, often combining sculptures or installations with wall paintings to create environments where works relate to each other with a visual rhythm that is both methodical and playful. Her work is defined by her interest in the memory of materials and by a careful observation of how the hand relates to d...
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