Becoming Conscious (2019)
bronze, 290 x 280 x 200mm
(both sides shown)
Here and There (2019)
Bronze, 270 x 220 x 130mm
(both sides shown)
Parallel Realities (2019)
Bronze, 510 x 335 x 90mm
(both sides shown)
Green Fingers (2019)
Bronze, 880 x 195 x 195mm
(detail of top & bottom shown)
(both sides shown)
Dancing Chromosomes (2019)
Bronze, 330 x 400 x 200mm
(detail shown on left)
Dancing Chromosomes (2020)
Bronze, 150mm high
(both sides shown)
Petite Pousse 1 (2014)
Bronze, 240 x 200 x 100mm
(detail shown on left)
Petite Pousse 2 (2019)
Bronze, 425 x 150 x 100mm
(detail shown on left)
Petite Pousse 3 (2019)
Bronze, 440 x 290 x 130mm
(detail shown on left)
Side by Side (2012)
Bronze, 300 x 40 x 5mm
(detail shown on left)
Dog Eat Dog (2007)
Bronze, 350 x 160 x 135mm
(detail shown on left)
Office Muse (2002)
Bronze, 240 x 100 x 90mm
Frielauffen (1990)
Bronze, 165 x 115 x 60mm
(detail shown on left)
Pousse (Push, Shoot)
Paris 2009
No. 2 of 8
Bronze
740 x 270 x 145mm
Germe I Lg (Paris 1996)
No. 7 of 8
Bronze
290 x 200 x 170mm
Germe III (1995)
No. 1 of 8, bronze
200 x 507 x 130mm
Plantation (Paris 2003)
Cast bronze, No. 1 of 8
455 x 245 x 200mm
Duo (Paris 2010)
No. 1 of 8
Bronze
1000 x 190 x 140mm
The Earth Remembers
Mini Monument (Paris 2017)
Bronze, No. 3 of 8
300 (h) x 120 x 100 mm
(also available 200 mm high)
(& 100 mm high - 2D)
Egalité (2002)
Bronze
200 x 380 x 35mm
Humanite (2002)
Bronze
200 x 380 x 35mm
Rina (The Mother)
London 1990
No. 10 of 15
Bronze
210 x 160 x 150mm
Gaseous Chrysalid
(Paris 1992)
No. 1 of 8
Bronze
250 x 183 x 150mm
Stabilizing Fin
(Hungary 1992)
No. 4 of 8
Bronze
165 x 180 x 75mm
Protozaic Vine (Paris 1992)
No. 5 of 8
Bronze
250 x 215 x 90mm
Retro Bipede (Paris 1992)
No. 4 of 8
Bronze
260 x 250 x 170mm
Desire (Roma 1986)
No. 1 of 8
Bronze
240 x 75 x 75 mm
Birdwoman Bookend
(Paris 1996)
No. 1 of 8
Bronze
225 x 110 x 100 mm
MARIAN FOUNTAIN
Sculptures
Born in New Zealand, and introduced to bronze casting at Elam School of Fine Arts, Fountain used a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grant (1984) to travel to London, gaining experience at the Royal College of Art and the Red Bronze Studio. Moving next to Italy, she studied at the Rome Mint before settling in Paris.
Fountain’s work has been exhibited at the British Museum, National Gallery of Scotland, the Museo Archeologico of Milan, York Museum, Auckland Museum, and the French Mint. She has designed and made medals for the Commonwealth Games (1990), America’s Cup (2003), and for the “Entente Cordiale” (2004); and among others, she completed a series of 34 bas-reliefs for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Hospital.
She has had a solo exhibition nearly every year since 1983 – with a further 50+ group exhibitions. In April 2017, her 3.5m high bronze monument, The Earth Remembers (honouring the NZ tunnellers of Arras) was commissioned to mark the First World War centenary commemorations at the Carrière Wellington Museum in Arras, France.
Fountain melds the rich diversity of European art, history and culture with her New Zealand roots and the cultures of the Pacific, to create works that are compelling and original. Exploring her own metamorphosing ideas of conflict, change and growth, her works demonstrate an environmental awareness and concern for the future of mankind.
