{"id":1180,"date":"2025-02-18T17:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/artiste\/eric-croes\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:34:35","slug":"eric-croes","status":"publish","type":"artiste","link":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/artist\/eric-croes\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Croes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-style-espace-60-px is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Eric Croes<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">Ceramics at the heart of the process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Croes favors spontaneous gesture, giving rise to colorful, hybrid sculptures that combine humans, animals and dreamlike forms. It explores the themes of play, chance and mythical tales, while highlighting the heritage of craftsmanship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eric-Croes-art-contemporain.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Croes: an invitation to the imagination\" class=\"wp-image-739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eric-Croes-art-contemporain.jpg 600w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eric-Croes-art-contemporain-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eric-Croes-art-contemporain-337x450.jpg 337w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eric-Croes-art-contemporain-449x600.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-style-espace-60-px is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Eric Croes<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">A bestiary and ancestral tales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bestiary plays a central role in his work. Fascinated by animals and their symbolism, Croes draws inspiration from ancient stories and cult traditions. Her vase-ceramics, evoking bear claws or animal prints, reinterpret these legends with a contemporary sensibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/monumental-work\/the-work-of-eric-croes-an-invitation-to-the-imagination\/\">Discover the work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">International recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibited in prestigious galleries such as Richard Heller in Los Angeles and Almine Rech in Paris, his works also feature in institutional collections such as the Mu.ZEE in Ostend and the Mus\u00e9e national de la c\u00e9ramique in S\u00e8vres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Croes Ceramics at the heart of the process Croes favors spontaneous gesture, giving rise to colorful, hybrid sculptures that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":464,"template":"","discipline":[21],"class_list":["post-1180","artiste","type-artiste","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste\/1180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artiste"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"discipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}