Pierrot the Moon – Circus Anthology
# 131 (13 in/33.02 cm)
A small anthology of the characters that have nourished popular theatres and fairs and that have marked the collective imagination of road shows. Ancestors of the modern circus, here are five figures selected for the qualities still present today in the circus
A comic character of the Italian fair and then of pantomimes. A lunar and pathetic dreamer dressed in white. Draped in a manner evocative of the Moon’s misty fluidity, he is more entity than character. A notorious lover, he represents the opening, the dream part of the circus. An eternal sleepwalker, he is lost in a suit that is too roomy. Nearly monochrome and going through life with the entire bedding over him, he is a dream in itself. Melancholic, he sings the nostalgia of living awake to the sound of a mandolin held in his hand.
Anecdote
After a two-year break, a gallery owner had spoken about a project. In order to materialize the ideas that I was proposing to him, I turned to my clay. Within barely two weeks, four small characters with distinct personalities and typical postures had emerged. It was as if my hands had missed playing with clay.
