ANNA VALLS “Dichotomy”
The works I present in this exhibition are almost all within the series I call “dichotomies.”
Dichotomies within the same space, both parties exclude each other while producing harmony and concern. Opposite items, opposited and at the same time attracted, this produces a sense of balance and imbalance.
This also occurs in nature. So the series comes from a previous works, some will also be on the show, where the concept of dichotomy is linked with nature. Nature without light but with all the shades of black. Dichotomy light / dark. Also other related concepts: contradiction, contrast, …

BÉATRICE BIZOT “Disarmed concrete”
Arranged in an arc, these reinforced concrete beings, at once victims and heroes, they are as witnesses of our modern culture.
In attitude of prayer or contemplation, sculptures full of ancient humanity, twisted faces toward the ground, the earth, to one’s human condition, they are images of what we build and what we are responsible.
The temples of incomplete concrete are built in our neighborhoods, unfinished shells of houses, modern temples abandoned to recall Greek temples, symbols of a adrift society and vestiges of a disoriented culture that is traces of humanity.
These concrete structures that look like skeletons, probably contain the soul of the houses.
From a crude and dirty material like cement, I wanted to extract a bit of humanity and sweetness, revealing our weakness and at the same time our strength.