Crib figurines

Satyrical statuettes 2008

The ransom of success – in December 2008, the Head of the French State and his wife were each immortalized in a “Caganer” figurine. These Christmas crib figurines made in the beach resort of l’Estartit in Catalonia aim to represent the great people of this world in the most humble position possible! Barack Obama has a figurine as do many sports personalities and members of the Spanish royal family. We do not know where they will be placed in the cribs. According to those in the know, these “statuettes“, a reference to 18th century Baroque realist exaltation, are an engraved reminder of divine power. In an agricultural society, they also possess a superstitious meaning: the “crapper”, by producing “fertilizer”, is a symbol of prosperity and luck for the year to come. For non-initiates, the gesture is quite simply “fun“.