Fécondité dans l'art
Fruit d'une recherche active durant plus de trente ans, ma collection d'objets liés à la fécondité de la femme (statuettes, fétiches, amulettes, gravures, peintures et photographies) est publiée pour la première fois sur ce site mais également dans le livre "Fécondité" disponible à la commande en ligne sur ce site.
The Author
Who am I? Medical doctor and international maternal health expert, I have taken advantage of my whole professional life overseas to collect female-fertility-related objects and to research on the themes of conception, pregnancy and childbirth in Art, through the ages, and across the cultures of the world. Co-founder of "Holistic Sante", I bring technical assistance to health institutions in the fields of maternal and newborn health and reproductive health
The Collection
A unique and fascinating art collection of female-fertility-related objects found across the cultures of the world, from prehistory to the modern time. The objects are ethnographic, ritual, religious, or purely artistic in nature. They are often used as intermediaries to call the spirits or the gods for a successful maternity, or they just celebrate the beauty of maternity. Samples are presented in galleries in this website and the best ones are detailed in the book "Fecundity".
The Book
Published in 2018, 242 pages, size 22x28 cm, the book is essentially iconographic, with images prepared by an artist photographer and short texts to introduce the chapters and relate some stories about the objects. Dedicated to all midwives of the world, it is composed of four parts: "Hoping", with images of objects used to facilitate conception; "Expecting", with images of pregnancy; "Giving Birth", with images of childbirth; and "Contemplating contemporary art", with images of modern artwork exhibited in museums, art galleries, or private collections. The book is available to order on-line in this website.