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(1018) Anne-Bénédicte Girot - Profondeur / In depth
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About this artwork
When I received my encyclopaedia page, I was surprised because it seemed to fit me perfectly, so much so that I wondered if it was sent at random. Indeed, I have already worked on fingerprints and I use very fine lines a lot in my artwork. And this is precisely why the assignment of this exhibition was both tricky and interesting for me. How could I deepen what I had already done on this subject and how could I make the image I received my own?
For more than a year, I have been exploring the ancient photographic technique of cyanotype, using it to make photograms. The parallel between fingerprints and the spectral prints left by the plants I place on the sensitive surface was obvious. I chose to create a negative with lichen collected in the Black Forest, for its organic side, with sinuous lines, and to incorporate the numbers that caption my encyclopaedia page. There, fingerprints are used to list and classify criminals, but above all, they are proof of our uniqueness. Their lines correspond to the other lines of our body and of nature.
Do they reveal something more intimate, more secret about us?
About Anne-Bénédicte
I am a french artist splitting time between Paris and Berlin.
For a long time I confined myself to photography, even if it frustrated me, because that’s what I had studied more precisely and because painting and drawing intimidated me.
Five years ago, I finally took the plunge into drawing and engraving, quite frantically, completely abandoning photography. My main source of inspiration is the vegetal world, which is an incredible provider of lines and patterns, which are by turns impressive, hypnotic, frightening, moving. I explore inner, esoteric and organic landscapes, combining the graphic of lines with the random stains of watercolour and inks that spread, on the edge of abstraction.
My recent interest in the cyanotype technique has permitted me to rediscover the pleasure of photography and to combine it with my graphic research. For me, it’s like the meeting of several tracks that have been present in my artwork for a long time. A kind of high point, of which I am still experiencing all the possibilities.
Link to Anne’s Art Aviso profile HERE
Anne-Bénédicte was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 9
When I received my encyclopaedia page, I was surprised because it seemed to fit me perfectly, so much so that I wondered if it was sent at random. Indeed, I have already worked on fingerprints and I use very fine lines a lot in my artwork. And this is precisely why the assignment of this exhibition was both tricky and interesting for me. How could I deepen what I had already done on this subject and how could I make the image I received my own?
For more than a year, I have been exploring the ancient photographic technique of cyanotype, using it to make photograms. The parallel between fingerprints and the spectral prints left by the plants I place on the sensitive surface was obvious. I chose to create a negative with lichen collected in the Black Forest, for its organic side, with sinuous lines, and to incorporate the numbers that caption my encyclopaedia page. There, fingerprints are used to list and classify criminals, but above all, they are proof of our uniqueness. Their lines correspond to the other lines of our body and of nature.
Do they reveal something more intimate, more secret about us?
About Anne-Bénédicte
I am a french artist splitting time between Paris and Berlin.
For a long time I confined myself to photography, even if it frustrated me, because that’s what I had studied more precisely and because painting and drawing intimidated me.
Five years ago, I finally took the plunge into drawing and engraving, quite frantically, completely abandoning photography. My main source of inspiration is the vegetal world, which is an incredible provider of lines and patterns, which are by turns impressive, hypnotic, frightening, moving. I explore inner, esoteric and organic landscapes, combining the graphic of lines with the random stains of watercolour and inks that spread, on the edge of abstraction.
My recent interest in the cyanotype technique has permitted me to rediscover the pleasure of photography and to combine it with my graphic research. For me, it’s like the meeting of several tracks that have been present in my artwork for a long time. A kind of high point, of which I am still experiencing all the possibilities.
Link to Anne’s Art Aviso profile HERE
Anne-Bénédicte was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 9
On things that interest you and me
Tell Tale Marks
Artist:
Anne-Bénédicte GirotMedium:
Cyanotype + inkDimensions:
A4Price:
280 EUR