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The mechanism of detumescence.
Etnografiska Museet. Göteborg.

     

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Détumescence

Painted wood, resins, altuglas andarmadillo's shell.
H.173, W.154, D.50 cm (1992).

REFER TO


Clémence de Biéville
Trente-six sculptures de Jean-Louis Faure
Editions joca seria.

 

 

The title of this sculpture has been borrowed from the writer Havelock Ellis, the celebrated psychologist of human sexuality who lived towards the end of the last century. Here one sees a huge ejaculation taking place under the gaze of an astounded woman. In the orange box, when the lights is correctly positioned over the darting tongue, one also sees the head of a charming blonde. Two small framed texts spurt from the eyes of the man. One comes from Stendhal: "She was contemptuous of her husband, as all honest wives should be, but she was not contemptuous enough". The other quotation comes from Professor Jouvet, expert on the sleeping habits of the domestic cat: "Only the armadillo is capable of a voluntary erection". Note that the manŐs skull is made from an armadilloŐs shell.


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