
ALEXANDRA DENAT
DESIGNER AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, ALEXANDRA DENAT LIVES AND WORKS IN NÎMES. SHE DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN HER ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HER INDEPENDENT OBJECT HOUSE, HORS-D'ŒUVRE. HER WORK IS INSPIRED BY JAPANESE HITSUZENDŌ: SHE EXPLORES TRACING WITHOUT AN OBJECT, FREE FROM MEMORY AND ANTICIPATION, AND VIEWS REPETITION AS A SPACE FOR VARIATION. HER RESEARCH IS PART OF A DIALOGUE WHERE GESTURE AND MATERIAL RESPOND TO EACH OTHER IN A SPONTANEOUS WRITING. HER IMMERSIONS IN ART WORKSHOPS GAVE BIRTH TO HORS-D'ŒUVRE, A SELF-PUBLISHING STRUCTURE CONCEIVED AS A LIVING, HYBRID AND INTUITIVE SPACE, WHERE TRADITIONAL KNOW-HOW AND EXPERIMENTAL FORMAL LANGUAGES MEET. PRODUCED IN HER STUDIO OR IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTISANS, HER PIECES ARE CONCEIVED AS EVERYDAY ARTIFACTS, AT THE INTERSECTION OF USE AND FREE FORM.
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