Animal sculpture, smoked ceramic, a living gaze: Régis Sinoquet restores nobility to the animal and confronts us with the fragility of the world. A rare encounter with a sculptor who embodies the very breath of life.
The animal : memory and presence
Some artists give shape to ideas. Others give flesh to emotion. Régis Sinoquet sculpts presence. For him, the animal is not a motif—it is memory, breath, otherness. His ceramics do not imitate; they incarnate. They look at you, question you, and reconnect you with that part of the living we too often forget to see.
Clay as memory of the gesture
Clay is a living material; it retains impulses, hesitations, the speed of the hand. Sinoquet embraces the trace—that nervy modeling, that textured skin—as a form of writing. The posture emerges, precise, before the firing fixes the tension. Through high-temperature carbon smoking, contrasts of matte and sheen reveal musculature and movement. Bronze sometimes beckons, as do wood and stone, yet everything returns to ceramic—earth transfigured by fire.
Panther : the majestic shadow
A totemic figure in the artist’s work, the panther becomes the majestic shadow of a world that is contracting. Restored to its wild, fragile truth, it crystallizes the message: a precise gaze, two orbits like planets, a silent face-off that lets emotion settle in. The sculpture observes you as much as you observe it.
Fidelity without academicism
No showy virtuosity, no stylistic tricks. Sinoquet seeks inhabited accuracy: a pricked ear, a lifted paw, an arching spine—everything balanced between tension and grace. Knowledge of animal anatomy is matched by a vibrant expressiveness. His signature is unmistakable: living matter, grain, breath.
An art of vigilance
Restoring the animal’s nobility also names what our species threatens, abandons, or forgets. The sculpture becomes watchful, a discreet yet powerful homage to a world on the brink. Looking is no longer enough: we must recognize and defend. Sometimes, a panther in clay says more than a thousand speeches.
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FAQ
Who is Régis Sinoquet ?
A contemporary sculptor whose animal-focused practice—primarily in ceramic—explores the presence of the living through matter and gaze. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…
What techniques does he use ?
Clay modeling, firing, and carbon smoking that produces matte/gloss contrasts; occasional dialogues with bronze, wood, and stone. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…
Why does the panther recur so often ?
A totem and mirror of our bond with the wild—energy, discretion, fragility—an icon that prompts vigilance. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…
Is ceramic animal sculpture fragile ?
The pieces are kiln-fired and stable; with proper transport and installation, they integrate durably into a collection. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…