Santa Claus crushed under a huge gift: the new shocking sculpture by Toulouse artist James Colomina in Paris

Santa Claus lying on the ground, whose head and torso are crushed by a huge white gift package, decorated with a red ribbon: here is the new sculpture by James Colomina, entitled “Santa Claus”. The Toulouse artist has this time decided to place one of his works in Paris, Place de la République. The installation took place on the night of December 18-19.

Made of resin, then hand painted in red and white, the sculpture measures 210 cm in length, 130 cm in width, and 73 cm in height. The purpose of its imposing dimensions: to attract the eye and provoke reactions.

James Colomina continues his committed artistic approach here, with a work designed especially for the end-of-year holidays, which aims to point out “overconsumption” and “the materialistic excesses often associated with this period”. He wishes to anchor “his message in a context of social dialogue and collective reflection, inviting passers-by to question the values ​​of Christmas”.

At the beginning of November, the artist exhibited, in a deconsecrated church in Toulouse, a statue representing Abbé Pierre, accused of sexual assault, erect, on a mortuary bed. An installation to denounce abuses in the Church, and the silence of the institution on these subjects.