"Ligne de vie"
In April 2022, Yann Masseyeff invested Place Vendôme in Paris with an ephemeral installation titled “Ligne de Vie” (“Lifeline”), a monumental work that affirmed the presence of his art on the contemporary scene.
An allegory of time, the work reads like an ode to the singularity of each individual. “Ligne de Vie” reveals the human condition in its contradictory relationship to time.
A creation that is part of the continuity of the work carried out for several years by this visual artist, Yann Masseyeff has very quickly moved from drawing to the most total commitment of modeling ceramics.
Nourished by the most diverse cultural influences, his three-dimensional paintings explore a thousand and one metamorphoses of the earth, in an instinctive, spontaneous work, awakening and revealing primitive forms as if they had emerged from our most ancestral memories.
“Ligne de Vie" is an allegory about time and the uniqueness of every human life.
It explores evolution, uncertainty, and our fleeting presence on earth — in short, humanity confronted with time and its origins.
From a seed, a sphere, or an egg emerges an abstract sculpture that evolves unpredictably, reflecting that fragile space between the present and the future, while leaving its imprint in the past.
This alignment represents a metamorphosis. It reminds us of the inexorable passing of time. Each sculpture gives rise to the next in a spontaneous gesture — simple, archaic, almost tribal in its intention.
This evolution ends as it began, recreating the cycle of life and leaving a unique imprint — the signature of each individual’s identity. It invites us to reflect on a meaningful question: What are we doing with our lives?
