Janus - Mirror Figure

Thomas Houseago. Sculptures. Banca March Garden.

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Janus (Mirror figure), 2025
Courtesy of the artist, Banca March and Xavier Hufkens Gallery.
© Photography: Pablo Gómez-Ogando.

Janus (Mirror figure)

2025.
Redwood, plaster and rebar.
221 x 94 x 104.1 cm / 87 x 37 x 41 in.
(HOUS26108).


Janus combines two techniques: carving and casting. The main body is carved from red cedar with a chainsaw, following lines of colored pastel sketched directly onto the wood.

The double plaster face that gives the work its title is attached to the body yet remains slightly detached, as if body and mind could not be fully reconciled. The sculpture thus evokes the inherent dual condition of existence.

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