The Coq de Beppe
Or inspiration may arise from everyday life, almost as a game.
This work was born from a completely chance encounter. I was in central France, visiting a friend of Italian origin. Together we went to the home of one of her friends, also Italian.
Suddenly, that calm was broken. Beppe’s wife burst into the room shouting: “Beppe, you have to kill that little rooster…”
I was struck by the rooster’s pride. He walked back and forth, majestic, unaware of the fate awaiting him.
It was at that moment that I decided. That posture could not be lost.
This is how The Coq de Beppe was born.
