Agnes Poitevin-Navarre
|
Colour Coding Agnes [48Kb] |
|
Twelve Degrees of Integration [36Kb] |
|
The Knowledge - Land of Happiness [Hastings] [36Kb] |
|
Filters [Louise] [40Kb] |
Artist's Statement
The work of the artist Agnes Poitevin-Navarre plays with the concept of self and how it is defined through racial/cultural categorization. In her art practice she challenges perceptions of cultural, linguistic and racial hybridity.
Agnes gives a poetic twist to diagrams, maps, blackboards, objects in clay, oil paintings, collages and photographs, to load these beautiful, functional, educational and recreational artefacts with subversive symbolism. The beauty and playful nature of her work exists in stark contrast to the deeper political subtext it highlights. The viewer is invited to read and decipher layers of meanings on a conscious and unconscious level. The subject matter: the complexity of human interaction and its geohistorical effects.
The Proust Questionnaire project however signals a point of departure in her art practice. Agnes is using a multivocal rather than a personal source to explore identity issues. One recent contributor said: 'You are a reflection of what you see in others'. By randomly gathering contributions from people from all walks of life, all ages, ethnicities, social classes, she is highlighting patterns of collective wisdom.
Biography
Born in France, Agnes came to England after passing her Bacalaureate. She studied Fine Art at KIAD in Canterbury [1st class BA (Hons) degree in Graphic Fine Art (1995)] and in London [MA in Mixed Media at the Slade (1997)].
Exhibitions include:- Lineas Temporis [performance], Le Griot, Toulouse, France, 1994
- Bound - Commercial Too Gallery, London, 1996
- New Work, IDS Basement Art Gallery, London, 1998
- State of A Nation touring, curated by Francis Kenney, Hyogo, Kobe Fashion Museum, Minato Bank, Awaji, Japan, 2002
- When in Rome I-V, curated by Raimi Gbadamosi, 2003-2005 Lewisham arthouse (2003), part of 'Homeland' Exeter (2004), Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, (2004), MAC, Birmingham (2005), Third Floor Arts Centre, Portsmouth (2005)
- Poetics of Food, Space C Gallery, Croydon 2004
- Contemporary Croydon, Architecture Art & Design, Croydon 2004
- Mapping, Bury Art Gallery, Bury 2007
- Blind Memories curated by Eva Langret, 198 Gallery, London 2007
- Yes Yes Y'All, curated by Adelaide Bannerman, Hastings Museum and Gallery, Hastings, 2007
Contact Details
Agnes Poitevin-Navarre
E: agnes@cushionculture.com