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•Biographical
notes•
English
ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT
For many years, I danced (ballet and modern dance) at a near-professional
level.
Later, the study of history of art led to an abiding interest in sculpture.
The people I chanced to meet and my move to Provence combined to give
me an opportunity to practise this art.
I subsequently spent seven years training in a sculptor's studio in
Marseilles, familiarising myself with a great variety of materials
and techniques, which today provide me today with true creative freedom.
When you are in the process of creating something, you delve deep
into yourself to rediscover buried emotions, memories or experiences
you had completely forgotten. So, something had to attract me to movement
in sculpture. And when I discovered contemporary calligraphy, I knew
that this was it, that I could express it.
I particularly admired the shapes that a man like Hassan Massoudy
could outline so freely with his gestures; he had learned to create
volumes by moving his hands in what seemed a subtle range of colours
and shadows. Everything is movement, shape and meaning.
Drawing inspiration from his aerial calligraphies and rearranging
them in three dimensions, I created the "KALLI" series.
These sculptures draw kinetic, harmonious lines in space, proceeding
from an empty to a full space, always according to a musical rhythm.
Movement is present, rooted to the ground yet stretching towards the
sky, in an uncertain, open and fragile balance.
Like Mozart "who sought notes that went together", I seek
harmonious lines.
The KALLIs' shaped metal framework supports glass fabric and polyester
resin forms. Resin gives the sculptures their solidity despite their
light weight.
They're at home both indoors and in a garden, where they fit perfectly
with the vegetation.
They usually feature a base but the latter can be removed to facilitate
transport.
* In Hindi, the word "Kalli" means "moving poem".
Exhibitions•
France
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