page_title: Richard Texier
section_title: Selected public works
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Texier / Works / Selected public works
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Richard Texier - Sculpture -Esprit du temps- Shanghai
context_page_description: Richard Texier is a French painter and sculptor. He lives and works in Paris.
context_section_description: The Tools of the Navigator
  In 1996, a monumental chariot on the site of l'Arsenal de Rochefort-sur-Mer, à deux pas de la Corderie royale, including a sextant, a coil of rope, and a turn pin.
  The Spirit of Time
   
  In 2005, a monumental sculpture on the pediment of the K.WAH center in Shanghai, 1010 Huaihai Zhong Lu, China · 
  Angel Bear
  In 2015, a special commission by the SNCF for the COP21, Angel Bear is permanently installed on the place Napoleon III in front of the railway station of Paris Nord. It was while reading a report in Paris Match on the plight of polar bears that Richard Texier was inspired to create the work.
  Representing a winged bear of 7 meters in height and weighing 4.8 tons, the statue invites passers by to reflect upon the dangers facing our planet.
  It is a mythological and hybrid creature delivering a political and ecological message on the fragility of our planet and the importance of COP21.
  Unicorna Celeste
  In 2016, Richard Texier receives two commissions for bronze sculptures, of which one,Unicorna Céleste will decorate the garden of the new building "Esprit Sagan" in Paris. IUnicorna Celeste is an evocation of Françoise Sagans’ Le Cheval Evanoui.
caption: Richard Texier - Sculpture -Esprit du temps- Shanghai
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