A Duo Exhibition
Opening Reception
Saturday, December 7, 2019 | 6 PM
Galerie Anna
4/F, The Artwalk, Bldg. A, SM Megamall, EDSA corner Julia Vargas Ave., Mandaluyong City
Galerie Anna proudly presents “LISTENING TO SOFT LINES”, a duo exhibition featuring Philippine textile artist, Olivia d’Aboville and fine wood sculptor, Níccolo José.
See you all!
Olivia D’Aboville
Olivia d’Aboville is a young French-Filipino artist who graduated with honors from Duperré, a prestigious Textile Design school in Paris in 2009. She specialized in tapestry and textile structures and adapted the techniques to create her own woven forms. She has been exploring sculpting with textile techniques since then and had her first solo exhibition Chasm of Fantasies at the Ayala Museum from July to October 2010.
She was nominated and short listed for the Ateneo Art Awards 2011: Anatomy of Autonomy.
From plastic spoons to pins and water bottles, d’Aboville is fascinated by ordinary mass-produced objects. These objects refer to our society and our lifestyle that are inevitably destroying our environment and polluting our seas. She manipulates and recycles materials to create new work. For every interesting element that inspires her, she asks herself: What can I do with this? Can I cut it, bend it, heat it, stretch it, accumulate it and create a new form?
She is very sensitive to light, fluidity and movement and found in the theme of the ocean endless inspiration. She tries to raise awareness of the importance of preserving the biodiversity of our seas. D’Aboville has exhibited in museums, galleries, hotels and festivals in Paris, Lyon, Hong Kong, Manila, NY and Singapore. Her works range from textile jewelry, to sculptures, to lighting designs and installation art.
Níccolo José
Níccolo José (b. 1986, PH) is a Filipino visual artist and self-taught woodworker who creates one-of-a-kind art furniture, large art projects, and unique wood interiors, and abstract sculpture. He crafts them from reclaimed old wood in order to breathe new life into the hardy material, pushing the limits of the wood to create soulful, fluid forms, thus contributing to the art furniture movement of the Philippines while being an advocate for the environment.
His personal study and care for ergonomics, especially when it comes to his sculptural chairs, has and continues to help collectors. His attention to this key element for his work has brought surprise to many—that wood can be a gentle, healing, and soothing material when shaped masterfully. Niccolo treats every piece that composes his art furniture as sculpture, beautifully balancing function and form.
For Níccolo, every piece of wood has its own story; he gets inspiration from the conditions that contributed to their uniqueness. By studying its color, grain, natural forms, strength, and flexibility, he has an intimate relationship with his materials. This attention to detail when crafting the works results in soulful art that he hopes engages people in a multi-sensory manner.
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