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Carol Bove’s graphic practice relates to her sculptural work in that it functions essentially by combining and assembling diverse objects or elements. The artist’s collages are in keeping with the surrealist tradition and the diversity of sources advocated by this movement, drawing inspiration and motifs from film and 1970s decoration and adult magazines. However, as the historian Johanna Burton writes, “Bove brings things together not to nudge associative impulses into free play driven by the unconscious, but rather to conjure a kind of affective tangle that disrupts any singular, historical narrative.” This collage reflects the poetic and sometimes incongruous spirit of Carol Bove’s work, which combines an image of a woman from a fashion magazine with an ink drawing and elements of landscape photographs to form a harmonious ensemble.
Text written by Marianne Tricoire as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 20 Oct 2009 to 09 Jan 2010