Sur Terre / On Land – Works by Stephane Graff
Sale Overview
Christie’s is delighted to present Sur Terre / On Land – Works by Stephane Graff, a selling exhibition of works by the French-British artist Stephane Graff, from 11 to 24th September. Created using techniques the artist has developed over nearly 35 years with various materials such as earth, sand, or limestone powder, Graff's works evoke the lands and cultures of the African continent, where he lived for many years.
Born in 1965, Stephane Graff is a self-taught French-British artist. Painting, photography, and music are all integral to his artistic expression. Influenced by anthropology, psychoanalysis, whether Freudian or Jungian, and sciences, Graff's work addresses themes of identity, concealment, and memory.
With a passion for ethnography and paleontology, he works with a primordial material that, for him, is charged with energy and regenerative powers. Using the physical earth from the places where he creates, he demonstrates his commitment to the environment and recalls the deep ancestral connection he has with it. However, the meaning of Graff's art is not limited to the surface of the object. As in ancestral traditions, an object "charged" with symbolic significance delves into our unconscious, reminding us of the inherent human need to paint.
Viewing
Christie’s Paris
11–23 September, Monday – Saturday: 9am – 6pm
Sunday 22 September: 2pm – 6pm
Tuesday 24 September: 9am – 2pm
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