JOHANNA MIRABEL

Born in Colombes, France, 1991

Lives and works in Paris, France

Johanna Mirabel explores interior spaces. Breaking down artistic approaches, she mixes precise figurative representation and abstraction. Detailed faces and sketched silhouettes take place in these universes where time seems to be suspended. The multiplicity of vanishing points reinforces the strange and dissonant character of the scenes depicted. The home that Johanna Mirabel depicts is the scene of a tension between universal and intimate. In the home as in his work, only a small circle of knowledge is invited to enter. Thus, the figures that inhabit his paintings are inspired by friends or family members with whom the artist has strong ties.

Far from isolation, the home is for Johanna Mirabel a privileged place to connect with the world.The home becomes the island from which we enter into relationship with the world. This is why, in his works, the boundary between the interior and the exterior is porous. The spaces are delimited but never closed. Beyond the openings, doors or windows, the composition itself invites us to leave the canvas. To accompany the imagination and reinforce the idea of interpenetration between the work and the place in which it is exposed, stretches of distended canvases are sometimes released from the painting to unfold on the wall.

https://johannamirabel.com/

GALLERIES:

Luce Gallery