MAXENCE MA
Animal skins have been used for centuries to capture history as well as in everyday life, but as far as creating works of art out of them, the potential is far from being fully exploited.
The skin is an organic material, it comes from a life. I « transform » it utilizing artistic techniques that give it a second life. After that, time progressively transforms the original texture.
Moreover, each skin is unique, which renders the treatment much more delicate, but on the other hand gives a great uniqueness to each creation and thus the impossibility to copy it.
These traditional family techniques were passed down from my father, MA Fuliang, an artist, who has resided in Paris for close to 30 years.
ARTWORK ON
ANIMAL SKIN
SERIE
I want to capture the worrisome changes, the anguish that stems from the doubts on the world’s future. I use drawings to depict these moments of the troubled epoch we live in. In creating unstable compositions, I try to find a relative harmony. This sensation of unstability comes from the unexpected, due to the impermanence of things.
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The series presented here is inspired by Chinese landscapes. They show the changes occuring in China and these changes fill me with a sense of unease. This series can help one to reflect on this evolution and to anticipate the future of China and maybe even the world’s future.
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For me, it also serves as a link between the past and the future, after my childhood in China and my present life in France.
SERIE
DIVIN DANGER
ARTWORK ON ANIMAL SKIN
Solo exhibition
Decembre 2016
Librairie Jousseaume - founded in 1826
Galerie Vivienne 75002 PARIS
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April 2017
Librairie Jousseaume - founded in 1826
Galerie Vivienne 75002 PARIS
Collective exhibition
January 2017
Galerie Monod
16, rue d’Ouessant
75015 Paris
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