un monde de lumière Anne-France Fulgence
MICHAEL REID SY DNEY - BERLIN - MURRURUND I
6th September - 27th October 2013
M I C H A E L R E I D at M U R R U R U N D I Boyd Street, Murrurundi, the Upper Hunter, New South Wales +61 2 65 466 767 P. O. Box 72, Murrurundi, NSW, 2338 infomurra@michaelreid.com.au www.michaelreid.com.au
ANNE-FRANCE FULGENCE, 2013
The man of today is abusing nature like there is no tomorrow. We are destroying so much and not giving anything back. I am horrified to witness the speed of destruction. So much waste, from so much beauty. The ready to discard world we inhabit. I worry that we, humankind, have learnt nothing about preserving beauty or respecting the natural order. We have taken so much, destroyed even more. I believe in the force of the natural world.
The Australian land that I paint from my studio is vivid, menacing and compelling and ever shifting. I watch the changing weather and changing seasons from within the mountains of Kangaroo Valley, where I live. I like to take photographs of those moments, then using digital programs, I exaggerate the light, and contrast. It is like painting poetry, dark poetry. I want the darkness to make the light look brilliant, and luminous. I do not sketch. I work rapidly in oil. But I am meticulous, and demanding. On my first travel to Australia, I was reminded of the place I was born, Morocco. After my parents moved to France when I was very little, I had the luck to go back every summer holiday, camping in the deep South with my dad, a keen beac fisherman. He used to disappear with his fellow Moroccans for days, leaving me alone in that beautiful wild land. I loved walking for hours along huge cliffs, while I could hear the roar of the Atlantic Ocean below. I loved sitting for hours and contemplating the changing weather. At that time I had no camera so I tried to imprint the view and feeling of the land into my memory. The Australian land is very similar to Morocco, there is an amazing light, even brighter here, and this enormous sky. I feel the power of the land. Every day spent in the studio reminds me of what humanity is doing to our Earth. I find solace in solitude, within the enclosure of the studio, where I battle with paint, and celebrate any progress I make, in capturing an instant of beauty. un monde de lumière.
LIST OF ARTWORKS There is no going back oil on linen 120 x 110 cm
So much waste from so much beauty Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm
An immense darkness Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
Tomorrow does not exist Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm
I do not believe in mankind Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
What have we done Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
We have taken so much Oil on linen 120 x 110 cm
I began to feel slightly uneasy Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
I watch the changing weather Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
Un monde de lumière Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
No giving anything back Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm/ $1,700
I am a good person Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
We destroy and waste Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm
Nothing last forever Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
People will kill for water Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
Where the rocks are yellow Unique print - framed 25.5 x 24.5 cm
I want more Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
The end of the earth Unique print - framed 25.5 x 24.5 cm
I cannot live without you Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
Terre de lumière Unique print - framed 21 x 19.5 cm
Until the end of the world Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm
The beginning of the end Unique print - framed 25.5 x 24.5 cm
You give yourself away Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm I wish it will never rain again Oil on paper - framed 22 x 21cm Vivid, menacing and ever shifting Oil on pape - framed 22 x 21cm
There is no going back Oil on linen 120 x 110 cm $4,800
An immense darkness Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
I do not believe in mankind Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
We have taken so much Oil on linen 120 x 110 cm $4,800
I watch the changing weather Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
No giving anything back Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm $1,700
We destroy and waste Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm $1,700
So much waste from so much beauty Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm $1,700
Tomorrow does not exist Oil on plywood - framed 40 x 40 cm $1,700
What have we done Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
I began to feel slightly uneasy Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
Un monde de lumière Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
I am a good person Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
Nothing last forever Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
People will kill for water Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
I want more Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
I cannot live without you Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
Until the end of the world Oil on linen 40 x 40 cm $1,700
You give yourself away Oil on linen 35 x 35 cm $1,700
I wish it will never rain again Oil on paper - framed 22 x 21cm $950
Vivid, menacing and ever shifting Oil on paper - framed 22 x 21cm $950
Where the rocks are yellow Unique print - framed 25.5 x 24.5 cm $690
The end of the earth Unique print - framed 25.5 x 24.5 cm $690
Terre de lumière Unique print - framed 21 x 19.5 cm $690
The beginning of the end Unique print - framed 25.5 x 24.5 cm $690
ANNE-FRANCE FULGENCE Education 2012/2009
Part time painting teacher at the Illawarra TAFE institute, (Nowra, Goulburn and Moss Vale Campus)
2008
Cert IV in Training & Assessment
2005-2008
Developing & practising printmaking skills at Wollongong West TAFE
2003-2004
Cert IV Fine-arts at Wollongong West TAFE
Solo Exhibitions 2011
Between Light and Shadow, Michael Reid at Murrurundi
2010
New landscapes, and hunting dogs, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
2009
Let them hate as long as they fear, Despard Gallery Hobart, Tasmania
2007
It is not over yet, Despard Gallery Hobart, Tasmania Life wasn’t mean to be easy, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2006
I’ve got a problem with the world today, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2005
Poetics tales, The Buttermilk Factory, Pyree NSW Dark journeys between the lands to the sea, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2004
The Old Milk Factory, Bowral NSW
2001
Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions 2013
Un-natural Selection, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2010
23rd Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania Art Sydney, Sydney NSW Represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2009
Seeking Images, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery NSW Summer Shoe, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2008
Summer show, The Bell Gallery, Berrima, NSW Who Let The Dog Out, Lake Macquarie City Council & Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2008
Annivrsary show, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania
2007
Melbourne Art Fair, Victoria.Represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania Summer show, Despard Galley, Hobart Tasmania
2006
Bruyeres Gray Fine Art, Bowral NSW Project Space Wollongong NSW
2005
Project Space Wollongong NSW
2004
Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW
Selected Art Prizes 2012
The Norvill Art Prize, Highly Commended and Winner of Packer Prize
2010
The Norvill Art Prize, commended
2009
The Alvaro Art Prize, Bowral District Art Society, Highly commended
2008
The Norvill, Murrurundi, NSW, Highly commended The Malcolm Turnbull bequest, Bowral, Highly commended The 8 x 8 Milton Art fest, Winner of the Best Drawing The Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalist Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Outback, finalist The Alvaro, Bowral District Art Society, finalist
2007
The Waverley, Sydney NSW. Highly commended The Alvaro, Bowral District art society, highly commended
2006
The Pyree Tycan, Bowral District Art Society, commended The Alvaro, Bowral District art society, finalist The Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalist The Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, finalist
2005
The ANL Maritime, Dockland, Victoria, finalist
2005
The Paddington, Sydney NSW, national finalist The Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalist
2004
The ANL Maritime, Dockland Victoria finalist The Paddington, Sydney, national finalist The Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, highly commended The Merrogal, Nowra. Highly commended The Shoalhaven art society, Nowra. Highly commended
2003
The Waterhouse, South Australian Museum Adelaide, finalist The Mosman, Mosman NSW, finalist
2002
The Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, commended The Mosman, Mosman NSW, finalist
Publications 2007
Dogged pursuit of excellence, The Daily Telegraph, October 2007, page 49, Sydney Live
2006
Pig hunting dogs make a powerful series, Australia “BARK” magazine, volume 1, number 5, Sept/Oct 2006 page 14 Artist explore the darker side of hunting dogs, South Coast Register Oct30 2006 page 11 Canine to canvas I’ve got a problem with the world today, Art Almanac, Oct 2006 page 224
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