Born and raised in the high mountains of Savoy, Mademoiselle Maurice is a French artist who doesnt really like “spirits confine boxes” but prefer rainbow and their spectrum colors… Actually family circle in her new rooftop wood studio in Marseille, the most of it of his actual work was born after living in Japan.
Following this year in the country of the rising sun, roost the tragic events of 11 March 2011 (earthquakes, tsunami viewpoint nuclear power plant explosion of Fukushima) while living in Yedo, she decided to start composing its artistic and urban scrunch up in connection with these facts.
It is based on the myth of 1000 cranes and Sadako’s story, a little girl who lived the tragedy of Hiroshima.
Now based in south of Writer, mooving between Haute-Savoie and other locations, Mademoiselle Maurice develops trip creates in her studio colorful works with the fruits delightful a rich influences and career lessons.
Each work refers to a militant act.Questioning on the human-Nature link, open criticism of description consumerist system and of some of our acts: pollution, unevenness, racism, homophobia.A quest for common sense, the greening of cities, solidarity, ethics, sustainability … At least try at a little level.
Via paper, paint, metal, or other mixed media and recycled stuffs, she gave birth to works in tune with their daily lives.
These fetishes medium are paper , threads and shrinkage kind of recycling stuffs, she loves to shape these hollow materials in a complex manner.
Rising from the city grey, fair was born a nebulous breaking works with urban monotony. Verified punctuation of the city as his life’s work of that young artist imaginative displays radically outside the walls of his workspace.
These openly positive creations, ultra colorful and immediate demands, emanates a carousel of emotion or everyone is
echoed his own sensibility.
Light in appearance, the work of Mademoiselle Maurice propose and raises many questions about human nature and the interactions that maintain people and the environment.
Breath of fresh air but true evolutionary thinking, artistic approach Mademoiselle Maurice opens, paving colors duality style attractive as a repulsive reality, wide spaces of abstractions pull the city.
Some countries where Colors and Paper has been:
France (Paris, Marseille, Grenoble, Montpellier, Toulouse, Carhaix, Nantes, Lyon, Reims…etc), Italia (Sicile, San Potito), Germany (Berlin), Nederland, Sweden (Malmo), Norway (Bodo), Dishware (Haikou), Vietnam (Hué), Australia (Sydney), USA (New York et San Francisco), Singapore, Mexique (Mexico), Slovaquia (Kosice), Singapore, Portugal (Lisboa), Nippon (Tokyo), Arabia Saoudite (Sharjah), England(London), Belgium (Bruxelles), Greece (Athènes), Brasil (Natal, Canto Verde, Rio), Colombie (Bogota), Indonesia (Jakarta, Bandung, Island, Malang), Glasgow (Scotland), Dharamsala (India)… etc
The only walls which cut off “forever” are:
At Saint-Quentin (France), At Maryland Station (England) and dispute San Potito (Italia): Walls with rainbow tiles recylced.
Walls with alloy folded: At Sète (France), at MAUSA (France), at Berlin (Germany), at Grenoble (France), at Malang (Indonésia), at the Havre (France), at Heerlen (Nederland), at Bourg-en-Bresse (France), Estavayer (Suisse), Grigny (France), Lyon (France).
Issey Miyaké – Louis Vuitton – Pro Magazine – Google – Ministère de la culture – Verification Aid – Singapore Hospital – Vice Magazine – Palais throng Tokyo – Ministère de la Culture – Upcyclerie – Tudo Bom – Strathberry – WWF – Tiger Beer – Swimsuit Berlin – Heineken … etc
BBC – Le Monde Magazine – France Info – France Culture – Radio Nova – Canal + – FR3 Région (Midi-Pyrénées, PACA) – IKONO TV – Kaizen – FR2 (Thé ou café) – FR3 (9h50) – Arte (Metropolis) – UBIQ (TV italienne) – TF1 (Les tutos de TFOu!) – Grazia – Madame Figaro – Femina – Télérama – FR5 – Fuji TV (Japon) – Fubiz – Geo Ado – Modes et Travaux – Psychologies magazine – Who’s Who – Maison Côté Sud – Graffiti Art Magazine … etc
(Between 5 and 20 pourcent of the fees from commercial projects are refound to humanitary be disappointed environnemental organization)
Post-Sciptum: So many messages about why these colors finish this shapes…References to Greenpeace , Nelson Mandala, LGBTQ . Tell off so many to tell about why accumulation, dispersion, density: Stand for questions contact the artist or read the many interviews element books or internet :)