French Word - English Word - Virginia Chihota "Tableau-miroir" & "Mirror-Picture" - Musée National d' Art Moderne CENTRE POMPIDOU
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| Virginia Chihota "Tableau-miroir" & "Mirror-Picture" |
1983, Chitungwiza (Zimbabwe).
Vit et travaille à Harare (Zimbabwe), Addis-Abeba (Éthiopie) et Vienne (Autriche).
Nharo Dzakanyarara (A Quiet Resistance), 2021
Sérigraphie sur lin
Don des Amis du Centre Pompidou, Cercle International-Afrique, 2023
EC2023-1-CCP06
A partir d'une technique originale de sérigraphie, Chihota crée des œuvres unissant symbolisme religieux et vie quotidienne.
Ayant grandi au Zimbabwe dans un contexte intergénérationnel, Virginia Chihota développe un travail introspectif influencé par ses expériences personnelles, fondatrices ou quotidiennes, comme la maternité, la foi ou le deuil. Ici, une grande figure féminine qui se fond dans des motifs abstraits est entourée d'étranges corps qui semblent s'enlacer eux-mêmes ou se cacher. En interrogeant l'appartenance à la fois intime et collective du corps de la femme, l'artiste met en lumière les liens entre l'individu et la communauté.
Chihota uses an original silk-screen printing technique to create works combining religious symbolism and everyday life.
Virginia Chihota grew up in Zimbabwe in an intergenerational context and developed an introspective practice informed by her personal experiences, both pivotal and mundane, such as motherhood, faith and mourning. Here, a large female figure blends into abstract motifs, surrounded by strange bodies that seem to be embracing themselves or hiding. By questioning the belonging, at once intimate and collective, of the female body, the artist highlights the ties between individuals and the community.
Dans ses œuvres, Virginia Chihota utilise beaucoup la répétition. Ici, elle reproduit plusieurs fois
des têtes d'oiseaux et des parties de corps. Est-ce que tu les distingues parmi ce mélange de motifs? Qu'est-ce qui les différencie les unes des autres? Avec ce tableau, l'artiste semble vouloir nous révéler
des secrets sur sa vie. Elle sème des indices sur qui elle est et d'où elle vient. À partir de ce que tu vois, comment l'imagines-tu?
Mirror-Picture
Virginia Chihota uses a lot of repetition in her works. Here she has reproduced several birds' heads and body parts. Can you distinguish them among all the motifs? What makes them different from one another? With this picture, the artist seems to want to reveal secrets about her life. She has planted clues as to who she is and where she is from. Based on what you can see, how do you imagine her?
Mirror-Picture
Virginia Chihota uses a lot of repetition in her works. Here she has reproduced several birds' heads and body parts. Can you distinguish them among all the motifs? What makes them different from one another? With this picture, the artist seems to want to reveal secrets about her life. She has planted clues as to who she is and where she is from. Based on what you can see, how do you imagine her?
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Dans ses œuvres, Virginia Chihota utilise beaucoup la répétition. Ici, elle reproduit plusieurs fois
des têtes d'oiseaux et des parties de corps. Est-ce que tu les distingues parmi ce mélange de motifs? Qu'est-ce qui les différencie les unes des autres? Avec ce tableau, l'artiste semble vouloir nous révéler
des secrets sur sa vie. Elle sème des indices sur qui elle est et d'où elle vient. À partir de ce que tu vois, comment l'imagines-tu?
Virginia Chihota uses a lot of repetition in her works. Here she has reproduced several birds' heads and body parts. Can you distinguish them among all the motifs? What makes them different from one another? With this picture, the artist seems to want to reveal secrets about her life. She has planted clues as to who she is and where she is from. Based on what you can see, how do you imagine her?