CURRENT EXHIBITION:
Caroline Bouquet: ‘STÈles’
7 MAY - 11 JUNE 2020
Nockart Gallery and the French May Arts Festival are pleased to present the latest exhibition from Hong Kong based French artist Caroline Bouquet.
Reflecting the French May’s theme Timeless Classics, Caroline Bouquet pays homage to the French writer Victor Segalen (1878-1919) and his poetry work ‘Steles’.
Victor Segalen famous travel writings gave a direct expression of his vision, belief and aspirations. He travelled extensively throughout Polynesia and China.
Segalen wrote novels, as well as travelogs, collections of poetry, essays, and plays. All together, his work is understood to be among the more significant expressions of an early modern sensibility.
About the Artist
Caroline Bouquet studied Fine Arts in Versailles and History in La Sorbonne, Paris.
As a painter and printmaker and sculptor, her work focuses on Segalen’s poems referencing the mileage stones he encountered on his journeys throughout China and Asia. Appropriating the explorer’s travels Bouquet translates them into collage and elegant visual artwork.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated book of Caroline Bouquet’s work to date.
Public Opening: 6pm Thursday 14 May 2020
Exhibition dates: 7 May – 10 June 2020
Media Contacts:
For more information and images contact JJ McGrath at Nockart Gallery:
Email: jjmcgrath@nockartfoundation.com
