Anne Cecile Surga ART Habens close relations to embrace fully my creativity and to take my artistic practice to a professional level.
Over the last eight years I lived in Istanbul, Florida, Singapore, New York and last year I came back in France. Obviously these experiences in countries so different from each other, have shaped my perceptions in terms of aesthetic expression, as well as intellectual and philosophical understanding of the world. From a formal point of view, the exposure to several art worlds and sensibilities both shaped and expanded my mind. I believe the New York City scene had the most influence in terms of freedom of creation in the conception of the work as well as in choice of materials.
For my sculptures, I keep in mind what most struck me from these travels: the fact that human beings are pretty much the same in any country of the world regardless of their economy, religion, or cultural heritage. I found that we all long for love, a sense of belonging, a sense of validation, to feel that we are enough. There are multiple outlets to seek this beloved happiness and they are the same worldwide: friendship, love, music, dance, sports, etc. However I also found that this desire to fit in is exacerbated and can make people step into a dark realm when influenced by the media. The feelings of greed, insatisfaction, jealousy, selfdeprecation are rather inflated thus leading to a lack of happiness( or a belief in this lack) and a misunderstanding of who we are and where we stand as human beings. Thus, this assumption became the groundwork for my aesthetic research. It influences intrinsically the choice of the subject, and the way I deal with the subject formally.
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