Pierre Sgamma's Long Beak is a disturbing, intriguing and fascinating sculpture. At first glance, you are surprised by this strange bird with extra-terrestrial eyes and an oversized head on the body of a small man, almost a child. You soon realise that it's a camouflage, that this strange bird's head is nothing more than a mask that can be removed and placed next to the character it's hiding.

Pierre Sgamma's creations are impossible to ignore. His sometimes enigmatic creations disturb, move, provoke and even shock. This artist has developed his own visual language, a singular universe that unfolds with great freedom of expression. Poetic and sensitive, Pierre Sgamma's world shakes us up, scratches us and sways us between heartbreak and appeasement. He transcends established codes by juxtaposing the sublime and the grotesque, candour and perversity. He says: ‘In the most intense moments of production and creation, I don't work, I play. Each piece is a piece of me, charged with my experience of love, violence, fears, lacks and desires. I make fun of myself, of this great comedy that is life’. 

Retour De Voyage loves the interactive aspect of this sculpture. More than a passive spectator, we take part in the work by unveiling it...