un monde de lumièreAnne-France Fulgence

6th September - 27th October 2013

SYDNEY - BERLIN - MURRURUNDI

M I C H A E L R E I D

M I C H A E L R E I D at M U R R U R U N D I

Boyd Street, Murrurundi, the Upper Hunter, New South Wales

+61 2 65 466 767

P. O. Box 72, Murrurundi, NSW, 2338

infomurra@michaelreid.com.au

www.michaelreid.com.au

ANNE-FRANCE FULGENCE, 2013 The man of today is abusing nature like there is no tomorrow. We are destroying so much and not giving anything back. I am horrified to witness the speed of destruction. So much waste, from so much beauty. The ready to discard world we inhabit. I worry that we, humankind, have learnt nothing about preserving beauty or respecting the natural order. We have taken so much, destroyed even more. I believe in the force of the natural world.

The Australian land that I paint from my studio is vivid, menacing and compelling and ever shifting. I watch the changing weather and changing seasons from within the mountains of Kangaroo Valley, where I live. I like to take photographs of thosemoments, then using digital programs, I exaggerate the light, and contrast. It is like painting poetry, dark poetry. I want the darkness to make the light look brilliant, and luminous.

I do not sketch. I work rapidly in oil. But I am meticulous, and demanding.

On my first travel to Australia, I was reminded of the place I was born, Morocco. After my parents moved to France when I was very little, I had the luck to go back every summer holiday, camping in the deep South with my dad, a keen beac fisherman. He used to disappear with his fellow Moroccans for days, leaving me alone in that beautiful wild land. I loved walking for hours along huge cliffs, while I could hear the roar of the Atlantic Ocean below. I loved sitting for hours and contemplating the changing weather.

At that time I had no camera so I tried to imprint the view and feeling of the land into my memory.

The Australian land is very similar to Morocco, there is an amazing light, even brighter here, and this enormous sky. I feel the power of the land. Every day spent in the studio reminds me of what humanity is doing to our Earth. I find solace in solitude, within the enclosure of the studio, where I battle with paint, and celebrate any progress I make, in capturing an instant of beauty.

un monde de lumière.

LIST OF ARTWORKS

There is no going backoil on linen120 x 110 cm

An immense darknessOil on linen40 x 40 cm

I do not believe in mankindOil on linen40 x 40 cm

We have taken so muchOil on linen120 x 110 cm

I watch the changing weatherOil on linen40 x 40 cm

No giving anything backOil on plywood - framed40 x 40 cm/ $1,700

We destroy and wasteOil on plywood - framed40 x 40 cm

So much waste from so much beautyOil on plywood - framed40 x 40 cm

Tomorrow does not existOil on plywood - framed40 x 40 cm

What have we doneOil on linen40 x 40 cm

I began to feel slightly uneasyOil on linen40 x 40 cm

Un monde de lumièreOil on linen40 x 40 cm

I am a good personOil on linen40 x 40 cm

Nothing last foreverOil on linen40 x 40 cm

People will kill for waterOil on linen40 x 40 cm

I want moreOil on linen40 x 40 cm

I cannot live without youOil on linen40 x 40 cm

Until the end of the worldOil on linen40 x 40 cm

You give yourself awayOil on linen40 x 40 cm

I wish it will never rain againOil on paper - framed22 x 21cm

Vivid, menacing and ever shiftingOil on pape - framed22 x 21cm

Where the rocks are yellowUnique print - framed25.5 x 24.5 cm

The end of the earthUnique print - framed25.5 x 24.5 cm

Terre de lumièreUnique print - framed21 x 19.5 cm

The beginning of the endUnique print - framed25.5 x 24.5 cm

There is no going backOil on linen

120 x 110 cm

$4,800

An immense darknessOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

I do not believe in mankindOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

We have taken so much Oil on linen

120 x 110 cm

$4,800

I watch the changing weatherOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

No giving anything backOil on plywood - framed

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

We destroy and wasteOil on plywood - framed

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

So much waste from so much beautyOil on plywood - framed

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

Tomorrow does not existOil on plywood - framed

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

What have we doneOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

I began to feel slightly uneasyOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

Un monde de lumière Oil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

I am a good personOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

Nothing last foreverOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

People will kill for waterOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

I want moreOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

I cannot live without you Oil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

Until the end of the worldOil on linen

40 x 40 cm

$1,700

You give yourself awayOil on linen

35 x 35 cm

$1,700

I wish it will never rain againOil on paper - framed

22 x 21cm

$950

Vivid, menacing and ever shiftingOil on paper - framed

22 x 21cm

$950

Where the rocks are yellowUnique print - framed

25.5 x 24.5 cm

$690

The end of the earthUnique print - framed

25.5 x 24.5 cm

$690

Terre de lumièreUnique print - framed

21 x 19.5 cm

$690

The beginning of the endUnique print - framed

25.5 x 24.5 cm

$690

ANNE-FRANCE FULGENCE

Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012/200920082005-20082003-2004

2011201020092007

20062005

20042001

20132010

2009

2008

Part time painting teacher at the Illawarra TAFE institute, (Nowra, Goulburn and Moss Vale Campus)Cert IV in Training & AssessmentDeveloping & practising printmaking skills at Wollongong West TAFECert IV Fine-arts at Wollongong West TAFE

Between Light and Shadow, Michael Reid at MurrurundiNew landscapes, and hunting dogs, Goulburn Regional Art GalleryLet them hate as long as they fear, Despard Gallery Hobart, TasmaniaIt is not over yet, Despard Gallery Hobart, TasmaniaLife wasn’t mean to be easy, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSWI’ve got a problem with the world today, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSWPoetics tales, The Buttermilk Factory, Pyree NSWDark journeys between the lands to the sea, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSWThe Old Milk Factory, Bowral NSWMichael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW

Un-natural Selection, Despard Gallery, Hobart Tasmania23rd Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart TasmaniaArt Sydney, Sydney NSW Represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart TasmaniaSeeking Images, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery NSWSummer Shoe, Despard Gallery, Hobart TasmaniaSummer show, The Bell Gallery, Berrima, NSWWho Let The Dog Out, Lake Macquarie City Council & Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW

Education

Selected Art Prizes

2012

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

20082007

2006

20052004

The Norvill Art Prize, Highly Commended and Winner of Packer Prize

The Norvill Art Prize, commended

The Alvaro Art Prize, Bowral District Art Society, Highly commended

The Norvill, Murrurundi, NSW, Highly commendedThe Malcolm Turnbull bequest, Bowral, Highly commendedThe 8 x 8 Milton Art fest, Winner of the Best DrawingThe Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalistBroken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Outback, finalistThe Alvaro, Bowral District Art Society, finalist

The Waverley, Sydney NSW. Highly commendedThe Alvaro, Bowral District art society, highly commended

The Pyree Tycan, Bowral District Art Society, commendedThe Alvaro, Bowral District art society, finalistThe Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalistThe Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, finalist

The ANL Maritime, Dockland, Victoria, finalist

Annivrsary show, Despard Gallery, Hobart TasmaniaMelbourne Art Fair, Victoria.Represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart TasmaniaSummer show, Despard Galley, Hobart TasmaniaBruyeres Gray Fine Art, Bowral NSWProject Space Wollongong NSWProject Space Wollongong NSWMichael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney NSW

2005

2004

2003

2002

The Paddington, Sydney NSW, national finalistThe Cowra, Cowra NSW, finalist

The ANL Maritime, Dockland Victoria finalistThe Paddington, Sydney, national finalistThe Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, highly commendedThe Merrogal, Nowra. Highly commendedThe Shoalhaven art society, Nowra. Highly commended

The Waterhouse, South Australian Museum Adelaide, finalistThe Mosman, Mosman NSW, finalist

The Norvill, Murrurundi NSW, commendedThe Mosman, Mosman NSW, finalist

Publications

2007

2006

Dogged pursuit of excellence, The Daily Telegraph, October 2007, page 49, Sydney Live

Pig hunting dogs make a powerful series, Australia “BARK” magazine, volume 1, number 5, Sept/Oct 2006 page 14 Artist explore the darker side of hunting dogs, South Coast Register Oct30 2006 page 11 Canine to canvasI’ve got a problem with the world today, Art Almanac, Oct 2006 page 224

ABOUT ROBERT MCLEOD