Nicko RUBINSTEIN (1964-2025). "Hippotamesque", 1997. Sculpture in bronze, glass plates, aluminum and steel uprights. Signed, dated and numbered 2/8. Height 9 cm - Width 21 cm - Depth 12 cm Note: With a degree in geological engineering, Nicko Rubinstein turned to animal sculpture in 1991, bringing the human and animal worlds into dialogue. Profoundly marked by the Holocaust and the relationship between creation and human beings, he highlights the hidden structure, the anatomy of beings and the world, the internal skeleton, questioning transmission and the invisible structures of the living. "One of the fundamental aspects of my work is the desire to reveal the hidden structure, the inner skeleton, the anatomy of beings and the world, with the intuition, I would even say the conviction, that there is a hidden secret there...". His scientific training is evident in his use of synthetic glass, whose transparency reveals skeletal structures at play with matter.