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2013
Françoise PETROVTICH
Works on paper
160 x 120 cm
Since themiddle of the 1990s Françoise Pétrovitch has used an artistic vocabulary basedon adolescence, childhood or, by extension, stories and their symbols, less bydesire to discuss the "subject" than to challenge the"genre".
These figures of girl and boys, which we find in a recurring way in the workson paper, are archetypes from throughout history. They are figures in action inso many universal actions. From one work to the next, these simply genderedarchetypes (male/female) are ultimately interchangeable.
Born in 1964 in Chambéry, France.
Lives and works in Cachan and Verneuil-sur-Avre, France.
After studying applied arts at the École Normale Supérieure of Cachan, since the mid-1990s, Françoise Pétrovitch uses a vocabulary based on adolescence, childhood, or fairy tales and their symbols. It is used through many techniques: drawing, painting, ceramic, wash, etching, video, and performance. In unique, ambiguous works, the artist plays with the borders between childhood and adultness, human and animal, presence and absence. They are full of recurring shapes that she calls “line-motifs.” Monographic exhibitions dedicated to Françoise Pétrovitch were organized at the Louvre-Lens and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. The artist was also invited to create around heritage sites and their collections, for instance at the Villa Savoye, the Gruyère Castle in Switzerland, and the Abbaye Royale of Fontevraud.
Photo : @Hervé Plumet
Artworks of
Françoise PETROVTICH
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