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February Issue 2007
Joie Lassiter Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Offers Works by Etiye Dimma Poulsen
Joie Lassiter Gallery in Charlotte, NC,, presents New Works, a debut exhibition for artist Etiye Dimma Poulsen. The exhibition opens Feb. 2 and will be on view through Feb. 28, 2007. Poulsen's sculpture suggests lyric illusions and manipulation of the commonplace, yielding extraordinary and personal perceptions.
Simultaneously balanced between the traditional and the modern, Poulsen's work evokes refined sensibilities that explore new aesthetic territory derived from her many travels all over the world and an awareness of the formalist sculpture sources involved with the nature of the material she uses, including its cultural connections.
Poulsen's works are profoundly personal to the artist and they command an equally personal response. Totemic, elongated and possessing a quiet dignity with detailed facial expressions and delicately glazed bodies, the figures evolve out of a complex process in which clay is put on an iron mesh armature and then painted before it goes through the firing process. Chance also plays an important role during the firing process and accepted as a natural part of creation by the artist. This allows for the formation of cracks which give the works their distinct characteristics, a unity of paint treatment and over-all tonalities.
Poulsen was born in Ethiopia in 1968. A self-taught artist, she spent her early years in various African countries such as Tanzania and Kenya where she experienced diverse cultures before moving to Denmark in 1982. She studied Art History at the local university and taught creative arts in youth programs, and moved to France in 1991 where she set up a studio in the suburb of Paris. In 1993, Poulsen relocated her studio in Antwerp, Belgium where she presently lives and works.
Poulsen has participated in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Africa, Europe and the US including 2000 Dakar Biennale, Senegal; 2002 Alliance Francaise, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2003 Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2004 Museum of World Culture, Goteborg, Sweden. Poulsen is also represented in several public and private collections such as The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Jean Paul Blachere Foundation, France and The Hans Bogatzke Collection of Contemporary African Art, Germany.
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