'Momentum' – Original Mixed-Media Assemblage by Ortaire de Coupigny
Experience 'Momentum', a striking original 3D wall sculpture from Ortaire de Coupigny’s iconic sardine tin series. This piece is a masterclass in the dialogue between industrial production and fine art craftsmanship.
Hand-sculpted in Ortaire de Coupigny's Brittany studio, the fish is rendered in pigments, wax, and translucent resin to create a sense of fluid movement. The work is presented within a genuine industrial tin, transforming a mundane object into a surreal assemblage.
A unique example of French Pop Art, 'Momentum' is ready to hang and adds a sophisticated edge to any contemporary collection.
Artist: Ortaire de Coupigny
Medium: Mixed-media assemblage (Resin, pigments, industrial tin)
Dimensions: 10 cm x 16 cm x 3.5 cm
Provenance: Created in Brittany, France.
Momentum captures a moment of charged movement held in suspension.
The fish seem propelled forward, caught between drift and acceleration, their vivid pigments and layered textures suggesting force rather than stillness. Encased in resin within a sardine tin, the composition balances energy and containment—an image of motion paused, but not subdued.
Ortaire de Coupigny combines metal, layered pigments, and resin casting to construct a controlled visual environment where surface, depth, and reflection interact.
By transforming an everyday container into a contemplative frame, the artist shifts the sardine tin from object to vessel — one that preserves not only form, but tension, silence, and duration. The work balances precision and restraint, inviting sustained observation rather than immediate interpretation.
Each piece is unique and entirely handcrafted.
'Momentum' – Original Mixed-Media Assemblage by Ortaire de Coupigny
Sculpture and painting : metal on aluminium / Wax / pigments / Epoxy / Wooden engraving.
10 cm x 16 cm x 3.5 cm / 3.94 x 6.3 x 1.38 inches.
One-of-a-kind artwork.
Signed by the artist.
2025
Ready to hang (See back picture).
