French artist Josselin Kayser pushes the boundaries of realism to their limits with this sculpture. Made almost entirely of marble and crafted by hand, the piece echoes the formal codes of a classic skateboard. Even the break is faithful to the original. The board and wheels have been sculpted; only the trucks escape the sculptural gesture and blend perfectly into the whole.
Part contemporary archaeological artifact, part conceptual gesture, this work questions our relationship to the object, to practice, and to time. Josselin Kayser does not seek to make a functional board, but to transform the skateboard into a relic, a silent sculpture, where the trace of the gesture and the break becomes the real subject. To see more, visit the artist’s website kaysersculpture.com or his Instagram account.
