un monde de lumière - Anne-France Fulgence

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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