Duende Whitsundays
Inspired by love, Agnès Durbet-Giono creates images of her own reality that refer to a realm beyond the line between awareness and dream. Using symbolism as a key of her expression, she tells a story saturated with mythology and paganism. Fascinated by the Italian Renaissance and classical Greek statues she adored the way they pushed the body form to extreme unrealistic excess and postured the portraiture of humanity in total luxuriance. She loves the hidden treasures of the primitive and their false uncomplicated aspects. Searching for contrasts, Durbet-Giono subjects range from the urban and industrial environment and the lush Australian scenery to the traditional beauty of the nudes. Her visual language is characterized by flesh and metal, wood and concrete, as well as mineral structures.
Ape’s art is a combination of creatures and primitive weapons, he builds with corroded metal, timber, and stone. Rich in texture and colors, they illustrate his personal mythology fed by his solitary years in the bush and his vivid imagination.
Traveler at heart, having spent most of his life on the road, Bernard Avantin is complex, secretive, and full of surprise. He fancies calling himself an ape, probably because humanity isn’t meant for him.
Metalwork | Painting| Photography | Sculpture
Hibiscus Coast 1
Duende Whitsundays
1323 Midge Point Rd
Midge Point
Mobile: 0490 510 091
Email: agnes.durbet@gmail.com
