Artist Statement/ Biography

Maxime Bagni links the making of a shelter and the making of the sculpture. His materials, such as glass, wood, or insulation wadding often come from the world of architecture. They are combined with healing materials like fleece blankets, soap, clay, or water. In his large-scale installations, he frequently incorporates states such as deterioration, and transience.
Pauline-Rose Dumas’s work connects disparate elements from different working fields (crafts, textile, metal industry) into unified installations. Dumas's blacksmithing and drawing work symbolically mirror the continuity of a sewing thread within the space. Through her artistic process, the artist endeavors to borrow images from external sources, often using wallpapers collected from unfamiliar domestic spaces.

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Pauline-Rose Dumas received her MA in Fine Arts with first class honors from Beaux-Arts de Paris (2022) and her BA from UAL Chelsea (London, 2019). She completed an artistic residency at Cité Internationale (Paris, 2022) sponsored by the European Investment Bank. Her work has been exhibited with gallery Pauline Pavec, Ghost Gallery (Christie’s partnership, 2023), Fondation Thalie (Bruxelles, Arles 2023).
Maxime Bagni received his MA in Fine Arts with first class honors from ENSAD Paris (2022). He completed an artistic residency at Académie des Beaux-Arts under supervision of Jean-Michel Othoniel (France, 2023). His work has been shown in Monnaie de Paris Museum, France / Venetian Arsenale, Italy / Mulhouse Biennale of Art (2023) / Suncheon Bay Garden, Korea (2019). < BACK