Photographic illustrations
There never seems to be enough time to make all I want to make !
With my photography, I try to illustrate an idea by building a setting that corresponds in one way or another with the initial idea, what happens after I put the initial setting in place hopefully goes further the a “simple” illustration of an idea. And I like the idea of sometimes having an idea imposed on me and then trying to re-appropriate it and illustrate in my own way. In those cases it is a challenge to go beyond the juxtaposing of elements in a setting. I might have a certain idea which elements put together rationally express a certain idea, but simply building by putting those elements together hardly ever gives a good result. I need to get into that state where one small irrational decision makes the boring setting that does not work into a “world” that does work. But I do think that in general the boundaries between illustration and art are often blurred.
I am inspired by life, history, science fiction, future visions of any kind, my own past, cities, light, longing, long runs through the suburbs of Berlin, transient spaces, highways, the night, music, ...
What drives my work is a fascination with the rapid changes of the world we are living in. In general, my work combines nostalgia with longing, dreams with nightmares. I am fascinated by the “darker” side of our society, by things that are not apparent, but are lurking beneath the surface of the obvious. I try to show in my pictures the things that I feel are there but not readily visible to the casual observer. The “weirdness” of things fascinates me, those parts of society that are usually glossed over, and those that are not accessible to me.
Anne Michaux
born 1971 in Ettelbruck,
Luxembourg
lives and works in Berlin,
Germany
Parcours
Studies in Luxembourg
and Bruxelles
"I build models with different materials and objects, predominantly toys, cut out photography, combined with wood, plastics, sand and whatever materials that I find. The models I build I then use for photography. The resulting picture is the actual work. I destroy the model after I have made a picture I am satisfied with. "
| 2009 | Espace G, Strasbourg, France | Group exhibition "UN PEU DE LUX ..." |
| 2009 | Maison du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg, Berlin | Group exhibition "Fotos zum Thema Berlin (be Berlin)" |
| 2009 | Online art magazine area-zinc, Madrid | Featured artist in issue No 7, 02/2009 |
| 2009 | Centre National de l'Audiovisuel, Luxembourg | Participation au Portfolio Night |
| 2008 | Blurb, ArtBook of Leslie's Artgallery | Featured Artist |
| 2008 | The House of Tate Online Art Magazine | Featured Artist; Issue 9 |
| 2008 | Leslie's Artgallery, Bridel, Luxembourg | "do not entertain us"; exposition personnelle |
| 2008 | Galeria Paola Verrengia, Salerno, Italy | Exposition de groupe "Play Again" |
| 2008 | no knock room, contemporary art portal | Présentation photoillustrations |
| 2007 - 2008 | WILDE GALLERY, Berlin | Exposition de groupe SOMEWHERE ELSE |
| 2007 | Fotonoviembre, Tenerife, Espagne | IX Biennalle internationale de photographie |
| 2007 | Leslie's Artgallery, Bridel, Luxembourg | "Big Dawn"; exposition personnelle |
| 2007 | Strangefruits, art design portal | Publication |
| 2007 | Roundabout - Refreshing Art, Rotonde 2 Bonnevoie | Luxembourg, European Capital of Culture 2007 |
| 2006 | Shining magazine | Publication |
| 2006 | IKB Bank, Kirchberg, Luxembourg | Lauréate du prix d'encouragement IKB |
| 2006 | Mooncruise magazine | Publication |
| 2006 | Leslie's Artgallery, Bridel, Luxembourg | Exposition personnelle |
| 2006 | Fotoshop, Berlin | Solo exhibition |
| 2006 | ouchmyeye, Seattle, USA | Présentation photos |
| 2005 | KM5, Ibiza | Exposition |
| 2005 | Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin | Exposition collective |
| 2005 | Wohnzimmer, Berlin | Exposition |
| 2004 | Fotoshop, Berlin | Guest artist |
| 2003 | FotoNoviembre Biennial, Teneriffe | Biennale photographique à Santa Cruz |
| 2002 | Engler Piper Galerie, Berlin | "Domestic Ambition"; exposition avec Dirk Edwin Krechting |
| 2002 | Sophie-Gips Höfe, Berlin | "Internal Affairs"; exposition avec Dirk Edwin Krechting |