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Beatrice Coron
Beatrice Coron was born and raised in Lyon, France, and has lived in Taiwan, Mexico and Egypt. She currently lives in New York, NY. Her papercuttings exist as large-scale installations, artist books, and public art.
"Stories are written, and in my case, cut. I invent cities, worlds and situations. They are memories, associations of words, ideas, observations and thoughts that unfold in improbable juxtapositions. Each observer makes his or her own story in this accumulation of real or imaginary lives to remember the past and foresee the future. Whether automatic writing or premeditated scenes, images pass through words. The creative inspiration comes from a text, a poem, or from a concept that I reduce to a mere title, or an amalgam of deformed words. Part of the pleasure is finding words that are identical in French and in English: word play, translation add complexity and meaning.
In my graphic style, windows are used not to see out but in. The cutting blade traces labyrinths and poetic meandering. Shadows suggest danger but also opportunities for new adventures."
Beatrice is currently completing two new works, 30 feet long, based on the fiction of Italo Calvino.
