Murmuration — Steel on Wood Block by Arnaud Quercy
Steel on Wood Block, 24.0×24.0×69.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
The moment birds become metal, motion becomes permanent.
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Steel on Wood Block
- Dimensions: 24.0×24.0×69.0cm
- Weight: 6.4 kg
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20240705-0153
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0657 / 2024
Display Information: Includes wood display base. Pedestal not included, available on request.
- ✓ Original artwork, handcrafted by Arnaud Quercy
- ✓ Certificate of authenticity included
- ✓ Shipping included to the EU and the United States
Shipping included (European Union and United States). EU: price includes VAT. United States: same price, no French VAT (export), import duties included.
Sold and invoiced by Arnaud Quercy, artist (EI, SIRET 521 356 980 00024), who collects the payment. Works presented by Art Quam Anima gallery.
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Arnaud Quercy is a Parisian artist working across painting, music, and sculpture. His practice is grounded in Ideamorphism — the principle that a work of art does not carry meaning, but triggers it. Each piece is engineered to diffract differently through each person who encounters it.
He creates and exhibits at Art Quam Anima, his gallery-atelier at 28 rue du Dragon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris.
About This Artwork
This contemporary steel sculpture explores the harmony between natural movement and industrial material, drawing inspiration from the mesmerizing patterns created by flocks of birds in flight. Part of the Untamed Creations collection, Quercy captures the fluid grace of motion in a form that balances elegance with imposing presence, questioning whether nature and structure are as distinct as they appear.
The sleek, curved steel shape suggests suspended motion, representing a single point within the swirling formation of a murmuration. Raw steel texture contrasts with the aerodynamic form, grounding the piece in industrial reality while evoking the lightness of birds in flight. Mounted on a wood base measuring 24 × 24 cm, the sculpture stands 69 cm tall and weighs 6.4 kg. Each viewing angle reveals new perspectives on the duality of strength and delicacy, rigid and fluid elements.
The compact scale encourages intimate examination of the steel's surface treatment and curved geometry. Within the Untamed Creations collection, this work demonstrates how industrial materials can capture organic movement patterns. The substantial weight grounds the piece physically while its form suggests weightless flight, creating tension between material properties and visual suggestion.
The work carries certificate of authenticity number 20240705-0153 and bears the artist's designation AQC0657, confirming its place within Quercy's documented body of work from France.
Where this work lives
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2024
- Series: Wings over the City
- Collection: Nature in the city
- Technique: Steel
Exhibitions 10
- Rencontres au Marché de la Création (2024-04-23 → 2024-12-31, Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose, Paris (2024-12-26 → 2025-01-05, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
- Marché d'Art Contemporain – Seine Port (2025-05-17 → 2025-05-17, MAC Seine-Port, Seine-Port)
- Nuit des Artistes, St Germain-en-Laye, France (2025-05-24 → 2025-05-24, La Nuit des Artistes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Marché de l'Art de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 17ème édition – France (2025-06-14 → 2025-06-14, Marché de l'Art, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris (2025-12-26 → 2026-01-04, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Art Quam Anima – Pre-opening (2026-01-31 → 2026-02-28, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
- Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony (2026-03-09 → 2026-04-30, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
Other works in this series 6
- Dancing with the colibri — available
- The grumpy Pigeon of Cap Town - South Africa — sold · Istanbul, Turkey
- Le chant du Chardonneret élégant — sold · Paris, France
- Le chant du Chardonneret élégant - Variation 1 — sold · Paris, France
- The Seagull of Montparnasse — available
- asset 251090 — not available
Documented at 1
Thematic Elements 11
Delivery & Handling
Each work is packed by the artist in a crate made for it and shipped by DHL, insured and tracked. Shipping is included to the European Union and the United States (import duties included).
Delivery times:
- France: 2-3 business days
- EU: 3-5 business days
- USA/Canada: 5-7 business days
Tracking provided for all shipments.
Other countries: on quotation, duties and taxes paid.
Testimonials
Genuine reactions from collectors and viewers around the world
Apollonia S. described the Murmuration as wonderful artwork.
Jean C. praised the work as showing real talent.
MichèleAndrée L. found the piece magnificent, admiring its simplicity and pure lines.
Norbert H. likened the nuances of the sculpture to bird-star formations, each element seemingly linked in a murmuration, and reflected on the scientific notion of phase transition that occurs when such a flock turns in unison.
Nadia B. was struck by the bold move into steel and found the result grand and gorgeous, remarking that nothing seemed to stop the artist.
Svjetlana R. praised the beautifully shaped forms.
Svetlana V. said simply: pure fantasy.
Slobodanka J. called the work "wonderful."
Galina B. reacted with "incredible" and "bravo."
Olia K. felt the pure form soaring skyward evoked Brancusi — and noted this was no small compliment.
M.A.P Mon Univers let out a "wow."
Angela P. called the sculpture marvellous.
Renate M. L. was wowed and called the piece spectacular.
Buzzby B. found the work really nice.
