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F. Léa Barbazanges

"Cristaux"

published at 27/01/2020
Installation de Léa Barbazanges au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2020 - © Éric Sander
Water exists in three different states. This magic is seen in the natural world around us: this liquid can become a solid mass or invisible in the form of vapour...
Cristaux resembles frozen water, because despite their difference in chemical composition, they have a common structure: both frost and crystals are made up of organised atoms. The organisation of the material at a microscopic level is brought to our attention through these geometric yet organic drawings, which generate an intense reflection of light. The installation is made up of calcite crystals, one of the most widespread form of mineral on Earth. The organised atomic structure of crystals allows them to reflect light in silver flashes. The light is reflected on all sides and gives the work mysterious beauty. The drawing is directly linked to the crystalline nature of the mineral, suspended somewhere between random and predetermined. It is fascinating because of its intrinsic beauty, but also because it invites us to draw parallels with, for example, frost, snowy landscapes, or feathers.
 
Tree-like and tendinous: we often find these drawings repeated in the work of Léa Barbazanges, whether they be plant, animal, or mineral like Cristaux. It is the impression of the water, the traces of the liquid that formed the material. Water is the origin of this remarkable graphic design, it is like an impression of life. This is what has created the graphic beauty of this work.
“I use organic materials in my work because I want to speak about the living, about everyone’s life. I also use minerals, the indispensable constituents of the Earth that have played an essential role in the creation of life, and which still contribute to maintaining life on Earth.”
 
In collaboration with Sylvain Ravy, researcher at CNRS, MicaPenrose is a quasicrystal made up of mica tiles, a periodic crystal. This is the mineral that sparkles amongst sand and shingle. The colours, taken from the palette of soap bubbles, are thanks to the optical properties of mica and they change depending on the position of the viewer. When viewed from the side, the natural colour of the mineral appears. The pattern - Penrose tiling - is the model of an atomic structure of quasicrystal made from aluminium alloy, the discovery of which was rewarded with a Nobel prize in Chemistry (2011). The frame of MicaPenrose is made from this aluminium alloy. The discovery of this quasicrystal turned the scientific ideas of the time, regarding the material structure, on their heads.
 
Project developed with Sylvain Ravy, researcher at CNRS, with support from Diagonale Paris-Saclay, the Région Grand Est and with the expertise of Denis Gratias, l’Académie des Sciences member.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Léa BARBAZANGES
FRANCE
 
 

Léa Barbazanges was born in 1985 in Rennes. She lives and works in Strasbourg. She graduated from the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg in 2009. Her work has been displayed in private exhibitions, such as the Galerie Xippas in Paris (2014) and in the Ekaterinbourg art centre in Russia (2017). She has also participated in collective exhibitions, such as N’oublions pas que le vertige se prend sur les hauteurs at Kunsthalle de Mullhouse (2010), Au fil des araignées at the Natural History Museum in Paris, and also the Hurrle Museum in Durbach, Germany.

In 2013 she was one of 70 emerging artists to take part in the 58th Salon d’Art Contemporain (Contemporary Art Fair) de Montrouge. The following year, she took up a residency in South Korea. In 2014, she also presented her work at the Domain Pommery (Reims) in l’Expérience Pommery #12. In 2016 and 2017, she took part in the Drawing Now Art Fair at the Carreau du Temple in Paris and was also at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. A graduate of the Institut Français’ “Hors les Murs” programme, she undertook an artist’s residency in Satka in Russia in July 2017.

In 2018, she was part of the collective exhibition L’impermanence at the Fondation Fernet-Branca in Saint-Louis (Alsace), as well as participating in the Voyage à Nantes with Particules, and the second season of the Les Tanneries centre for contemporary art in Amilly.

In November 2019, she displayed her work in collaboration with Sylvain Ravy, director of the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides at the Université́ Paris-sud and researcher at CNRS, at the Festival Arts et Sciences CURIOSITas organised by the Université Paris-Saclay in Massy. In 2020, she will undertake a residency at the Château de Monbazillac and exhibit her work, by invitation of COAL, at the Halle aux Sucres in Dunkirk. Her work will be presented in the L'œil de Huysmans: Manet, Degas, Moreau exhibition at the Musée d'Art.

LEA BARBAZANGES

AWARDS

2018
Lauréate du Programme Art et Science par la Diagonale, Paris-Saclay
Présélection au Concours pour la création de vitraux pour la cathédrale de Chartres
 
2017
Lauréate du Programme de recherche et de création Hors les Murs de l’Institut Français
 
2014
Lauréate du prix de l’art contemporain pour une artiste femme - Prix Marie Claire avec la Fondation AWARE
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
Satka, Magnezit cultural Palace, Satka, Russia
 
2016
Études, L.A.C., Sainte Marie aux Mines, France
Galerie Graphem, Paris, France
 
2015
Maemi, Espace international, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
 
2014
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
 
2010
Un peu, beaucoup, Chapelle Saint Quirin, Sélestat, France
 
2009
Filandre, Espace Insight, Strasbourg, France
 
2008
Fils de cristal, Galerie des Projets, Strasbourg, France
 
2006
Essai libre, Espace Insight, Strasbourg, France

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
Plein vent, curator: COAL, Halle au sucre, Dunkerque, France
Collectible Nature Act.1, SINOPLE, Paris, France
Kunst Kosmos Oberrhein, 77770, Sammlung Hurrle, Durbach, Germany
Paris Gallery WE, LAccolade, Paris, France
Congrès européen de cristallographie à Vienne, Austria
Curiositas, la Diagonale, Paris-Saclay, France
 
2018
Particules, programmation du Voyage à Nantes, France
L’Impermanence, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, France
Formes d’histoires, Saison # 2 du Centre d’Art Contemporain les Tanneries, Amilly, France
Hors-Cadre, Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
Une Double Enveloppe, la peau les murs, REGIONALE 19, la Chaufferie HEAR, Strasbourg, France
 
2017
À Fleur de peau, Drawing Now, Paris, France
Satka, Magnezit, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Votre âme est un paysage choisi, Kogan gallery, Paris, France
 
2016
198920072016, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France
À Fleur de peau Drawing Now, Paris, France
Lumière du monde, Centre International du Vitrail, Chartres, France
Exposition France-Corée, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
[···], Inconnaissance, 6B, Saint Denis, France
 
2015
MUTATIONS, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Mais sait-on précisément où il se brise, où il se courbe, où il se déconnecte, et où il se rassemble ?, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France
Être étonné, c’est un bonheur !, Chapelle de la visitation, Thonon-les-Bains , France
 
2014
Expérience Pommery # 12 BLEU BRUT. 140 ans d’expériences, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Prix Marie Claire, Fondation EDF, , France
AWARE Andromeda, Goyang Art Studio, MMCA, Seoul, South Korea
 
2013
58ème Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France
Nur die harten kommen in den Garten, Helmaus, Zurich, Switzerland
 
2012
Parti-Pris, Le 19, CRAC Montbéliard, France
Bienvenue, Op-Nord, Stuttgart, Germany
Demi-Moor#2, HBK Gallery, Saarbrücken, Germany
 
2011
Au fil des araignées, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, France
Demi-moor, Halle verrière de Meisenthal, France
Projektraum M 54, Basel, Switzerland
 
2010
SiO2nH2O, biennale du verre, ESGAA, (European Studio Glass Art Association), Strasbourg, France
N’oublions pas que le vertige se prend sur les hauteurs, Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
 
2009
Points de suspension, Apollonia, Strasbourg, France
Inquiétantes étrangetés, Accélérateur de particules, Strasbourg, France
Rendre Compte, Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg, France
Dia, la Chaufferie, Strasbourg, France
 
2008
Le Bestiaire, Galerie Chantal Bamberger, Strasbourg, France
 
2007
Peinture Installation, Galerie des Projets, Strasbourg, France
Capitale du verre, ESGAA (European Studio Glass Art Association) Hôtel du Département, Strasbourg, France
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Installation de Léa Barbazanges au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2020 - © Éric Sander
Installation de Léa Barbazanges au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2020 - © Éric Sander
Installation de Léa Barbazanges au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2020 - © Éric Sander
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