Anna Solal
Overview
Procession 2, 2023
The works of Anna Solal bring into play an almost primitive system of figuration. Or more precisely: primordial. That is to say that they flatten all of the intrinsic categories that normally equip our gaze, which are fundamentally oriented by their relationship to the real. The entire system of Western art, its foundational myths, its evolution and its conceptual armature, rests upon a perpetual oscillation between the two extreme poles that are realism and abstraction. To this system, Anna Solal does not oppose a difference of degree, but indeed of kind. She extracts herself from it. If her assemblages seem primitive or primordial, it is because we can no longer understand them according to the usual coordinates, for the simple reason that they call for yet a third category: neither realist nor abstract, they are real. In this respect, the assemblages and drawings by Anna Solal, as well as their recontextualization through each exhibition, are understood as so many infra-worlds adhering to the methodology of "situated knowledges."
Works
Procession 2, 2023
Biography
Procession 2, 2023
Anna Solal (B.1988, Dreux, France) lives and works in Paris. She got Master in Sculpture ENSAV, L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des ArtsVisuels de La Cambre, France, 2014; Exchanged at Fine Art at Central-Saint Martin, London, UK, 2013; and got Bachelor in Sculpture at L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des ArtsVisuels de La Cambre, France, 2012.
Her solo exhibitions include: Le Bréviaire, MAMOTH, London, UK (2023); Frémissement, Chateau d'Oiron, Oiron, France (2022); Duo show with Arthur Marie, Lily Robert, Paris, France (2022); On observation, duo with Jochen Lempert, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Adresse aux gémonies, Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich, Germany (2022); Le jardin, la zone, Edouard-Manet, Gennevilliers, France (2020); Le jardin, CAC Passerelle , Brest, France (2019); La salle de bain, FUTURA, Prague, Czech Republic; Gaga drawings, Et al. at NADA Miami, Miami, FL (2018); La Convalescence, New Galerie, Paris, France (2018); The Harpist Rover, Interstate Projects, New York, NY (2017).
Selected group shows include: Beaux Arts x Mondes Nouveaux, Paris, Frnce (2023); Mystérieux Sentiments, FRAC MECA, Bordeaux, France (2023); Raccrocher les wagon, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, France (2022); Wet resistance, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmunder, Germany (2022); Nuit Blanche, Villa Médicis, Rome, Italy (2022); Portrait de femmes, Musée Albert Marzelles, Marmande, France (2021); Because the night, new Galerie, Paris, France (2021); I feel boîte, Loggia, Vienne, France (2021); Prix Mezzanine Sud, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France (2021); (Non) Depleted, Design Biennal Online (2020); 'The Transparent Man', New scenario (2020); OUTSIDE WITHIN curated Gergana Todorova, ppcontemporary, Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany (2020); YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, High art, Paris, France (2020); Jacques de Bascher, Treize, Paris, France (2020); Fun House curated by Cristina Ricupero, Parc saint léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France (2020); Une table pour 50, Galerie pcp, Paris Material Art Fair, FUTURE gallery, Mexico Octopus, Ginny Frederick, London, UK (2020); THE 4 GATE CONNECTION, Tatjana Pieters, Gent, Belgium (2020); Transformers, Future gallery , Berlin, Germany (2019); Futur, ancien, fugitif, Palais de Tokyo , Paris, France (2019); Biotechnosphere curated by Toke Lykkeberg, Tranen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2019); Cater to you, Eigen & Art Lab, Berlin, Germany (2019); Presque tout curated by Guilhem Monceaux at Bagnoler, Bagnolet, France (2019); B at Money Gallery curated by Ilya Smirnov, Moscow, Russia (2019); La Villa curated by Guilhem Monceaux at Villa Belleville, Paris, France (2019); Uttran II, group show curated by Emilie Palmelund, Uttran The nourishment, From the Desktop of Lucy Bull , LA (2019); Who cares, New Galerie, Paris, France (2019); This future is unthinkable. Yet here we are, thinking it, curated by Juliette Desorgues at Damian and The Lovu Guru, Brussels, Belgium (2019); Myco-TV, curated by themycologicaltwist, Paris, France (2018); Running Room curated by T&T Butler+Ballot at Horseandpony, Berlin, Germany (2018); Sauvage curated by Sonia D'Alto, Dom Art space, Palermo, Italy (2018); Man-Thing vs Swamp Thing part I, Et al, San Francisco, CA (2018); Deux sens du décoratif, curated by Michal Novotný, CAC Passerelle, Brest, France (2018); Some People Are Worth Melting For curated by Ginny Projects, Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales (2018); Hypersea curated by Juliette Desorgues, ArtMontecarlo, Monaco (2018); Posts Paris Ass curated by M.I/mi1glissé, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
Anna Solal's Public collections include: Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine Frac Bretagne; Collection publique de la ville de Paris Collection des amis de la ville de Gennevilliers.
Her solo exhibitions include: Le Bréviaire, MAMOTH, London, UK (2023); Frémissement, Chateau d'Oiron, Oiron, France (2022); Duo show with Arthur Marie, Lily Robert, Paris, France (2022); On observation, duo with Jochen Lempert, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Adresse aux gémonies, Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich, Germany (2022); Le jardin, la zone, Edouard-Manet, Gennevilliers, France (2020); Le jardin, CAC Passerelle , Brest, France (2019); La salle de bain, FUTURA, Prague, Czech Republic; Gaga drawings, Et al. at NADA Miami, Miami, FL (2018); La Convalescence, New Galerie, Paris, France (2018); The Harpist Rover, Interstate Projects, New York, NY (2017).
Selected group shows include: Beaux Arts x Mondes Nouveaux, Paris, Frnce (2023); Mystérieux Sentiments, FRAC MECA, Bordeaux, France (2023); Raccrocher les wagon, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, France (2022); Wet resistance, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmunder, Germany (2022); Nuit Blanche, Villa Médicis, Rome, Italy (2022); Portrait de femmes, Musée Albert Marzelles, Marmande, France (2021); Because the night, new Galerie, Paris, France (2021); I feel boîte, Loggia, Vienne, France (2021); Prix Mezzanine Sud, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France (2021); (Non) Depleted, Design Biennal Online (2020); 'The Transparent Man', New scenario (2020); OUTSIDE WITHIN curated Gergana Todorova, ppcontemporary, Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany (2020); YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, High art, Paris, France (2020); Jacques de Bascher, Treize, Paris, France (2020); Fun House curated by Cristina Ricupero, Parc saint léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France (2020); Une table pour 50, Galerie pcp, Paris Material Art Fair, FUTURE gallery, Mexico Octopus, Ginny Frederick, London, UK (2020); THE 4 GATE CONNECTION, Tatjana Pieters, Gent, Belgium (2020); Transformers, Future gallery , Berlin, Germany (2019); Futur, ancien, fugitif, Palais de Tokyo , Paris, France (2019); Biotechnosphere curated by Toke Lykkeberg, Tranen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2019); Cater to you, Eigen & Art Lab, Berlin, Germany (2019); Presque tout curated by Guilhem Monceaux at Bagnoler, Bagnolet, France (2019); B at Money Gallery curated by Ilya Smirnov, Moscow, Russia (2019); La Villa curated by Guilhem Monceaux at Villa Belleville, Paris, France (2019); Uttran II, group show curated by Emilie Palmelund, Uttran The nourishment, From the Desktop of Lucy Bull , LA (2019); Who cares, New Galerie, Paris, France (2019); This future is unthinkable. Yet here we are, thinking it, curated by Juliette Desorgues at Damian and The Lovu Guru, Brussels, Belgium (2019); Myco-TV, curated by themycologicaltwist, Paris, France (2018); Running Room curated by T&T Butler+Ballot at Horseandpony, Berlin, Germany (2018); Sauvage curated by Sonia D'Alto, Dom Art space, Palermo, Italy (2018); Man-Thing vs Swamp Thing part I, Et al, San Francisco, CA (2018); Deux sens du décoratif, curated by Michal Novotný, CAC Passerelle, Brest, France (2018); Some People Are Worth Melting For curated by Ginny Projects, Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales (2018); Hypersea curated by Juliette Desorgues, ArtMontecarlo, Monaco (2018); Posts Paris Ass curated by M.I/mi1glissé, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
Anna Solal's Public collections include: Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine Frac Bretagne; Collection publique de la ville de Paris Collection des amis de la ville de Gennevilliers.
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Anna Solal: Una Linea Storta Tesa
Villa Medici June 10, 2023UNA LINEA STORTA TESA Villa Medici Fellow's annual exhibition Curator: Saverio Verini Exhibition from 10 June to 6 August 2023 Performance, talks, concerts programming on...Read more -
'FLAG' by Alix Prada & Anna Solal
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