Born in 1957, Jean-Pascal Najean lives and works in Rocheservière (Vendée, department 85 of France).
After starting out as a wood turner and carpenter, he moved into other areas and then one day got bored.
He picked up a piece of wood and passion took over his life. Every one of Najean’s sculpture is a tribute to woman, in particular his wife Séverine, who adds the finish to his works.
Today Najean is one of our greatest contemporary woodcarvers.
Najean’s “girls” are not women; they are hyperboles of woman, or rather femininity. Hence the constant desire to streamline, remove the anecdotal, simplify the details, and get to the essential. The distorted shapes, the slender curve of their bearing and the free-flowing lines all serve to convey a rare, fleeting but essential moment, captured in the body of the model or the creator’s imagination. Nonchalant or provocative, they have no face, yet their gaze pierces you more deeply than if they did have eyes.
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Black elegante
Lime wood sculpture
Height 51 cm
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Pop Art elegante
Lime wood sculpture
Height 160 cm
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White elegante
Lime wood sculpture
Height 51 cm
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