accrochage «Lightness?» january - march 2012
Ceramic artist Ron Nagle was born in 1939 in the USA. He lives and works in San Francisco.
Nagle is considered to be part of the Abstract Expressionist Ceramics group. He combines different influences, like traditional Japanese ceramic and the colors of his native California, to create finely crafted pieces which bear his own style.
The works begin on paper — tiny drawings of profiles, photocopied and enlarged, to determine the appropriate size and proportion. After a laborious sculptural process, each piece is painted and gets texture, shadows and highlights.
His work in ceramic remains Nagle main career, but he is also a professional musician and songwriter.
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accrochage «Origine(s)» may - june 2011
Ivan Navarro was born in Chile in 1972. Currently he lives and works in New York.
The concept of his oeuvre is simple: he transforms everyday objects (doors, chairs, tools or cabinets) through the use of light and optical illusions.
Full of references to art history and modernism, the work of Navarro is best known for its subtle political and social criticism.
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accrochages «Struggle(s)» april - june 2012 and «Origine(s)» may - june 2011
Josep Nieba, born in Morocco in 1952, lives and works in Girona.
Art historian Maria Lluïsa Borràs describes his work: «I have been closely following Niebla’s work for some years now and I am always surprised by the supreme freedom of his approach, his originality, and the extraordinary strength of his compositions, which have something unpredictable about them. It has always struck me that he is a ‘different’ painter, with immense creativity and a love of painting above all human things, as well as total commitment. This is a painter who experiences painting intensely, which admirably matches his feelings, thoughts and desires. In spite of this unpredictable, surprising and always unexpected nature of his work, Niebla has developed his own language or an unmistakable style, although he does not follow established norms nor join any specific trend. Every step, every moment has been marked by extraordinary emotional tension, and I would say that without this tension he would not be able to paint, or at least not paint with this strength.»
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accrochage «Origine(s)» may - june 2011
Larissa Nowicki lives and works in New York.
Her sculptures and weavings are formed from the printed pages of books, sliced and intricately woven to form new works that cannot be read in the traditional sense. Words are broken down, their letters spliced to create new sentences and letter forms, revealing fragments of public and private histories.
Nowicki’s works, with their loosely assembled grids and reductive forms invoke the vocabulary of minimalism but originate from her personal and emotional experiences.
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accrochage «Voyages Intérieurs» april - june 2013
Born in 1977 in Indonesia. Lives and works in Yogyakarta.
Eko Nugroho, member of the young generation of Indonesian contemporary artist, came to maturity as an artist, during the period of disorder and reform that occurred in the wake of the 1997 crisis, the fall of the Suharto regime and the transition to democracy. He develops his skills in many mediums, from painting to drawing, including video and more customary handcraft techniques such as embroidery. His work is deeply rooted in local traditions, which is strongly hierarchical and religious, as well as global popular culture. One can see this contrast in the imaginary individuals Nugroho creates, composed of human limbs and machine elements, with faces often hidden. Through his work, the artist tries to encourage young people to deal with political issues; he often invites local communities to participate in his projects, whether it is in France, Germany, or in Java.
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