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Josette Simon-Gestin'No way back 4, ' by Josette Simon Gestin, Mixed Media Drawing2021
2021
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This 11.5" X 10.5" unframed mixed media pastel and ink etching on paper by Josette Simon Gestin is from the artist's series titled "No way back." On the left side is a depiction of a redheaded women in a pink top and yellow skirt. On the other side are several circular forms in yellow, red, and blue. The artist has layered the etched image of gridded squares with layers of colorful pastel and textural ink pen markings throughout.
"My current work originated during the pandemic. As I was confined in my home in Brittany, France, my state of mind shifted from complete baffling, depressing and wondering about the future. The following citation from Charles Perrault book, Barbe Bleue, “Ne vois-tu rien venir?” in English, “Do you not see something coming?’ became the thread for my new series of work. I had always painted women in a fantasy world. My life moving from France to the United States back to France via some other countries has been nourishing my art and it is the inspiration for all my series. I felt that waves, boats, undulations, opacity, transparency, swimmers, watchers are the perfect metaphors for expressing the complexity of my feelings in this time. I had the dream of going away and to travel in far away places and to leave my home. Art is the place to travel without limits even if it is only in the mind." -- Josette Simon Gestin
Josette Simon Gestin is a French painter and a printmaker interested in expressing the complexity, beauty, and ambiguity of the world. Frequent imagery in her work includes women, children, birds, and other animals living in baroque fantastical situations of her creation.
"I grew up in Brittany, France where I studied art at the Beaux-arts in Rennes. I moved to Oklahoma City in 1987. I started to print at the Paseo Intaglio Printers and to show my art in group and individual shows. My art work was shown in Florida, Missouri, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and in Japan. I later moved to Philadelphia where I got involved with the Women’s Caucus for Art and Art at the Armory. After three years, my family and I returned to Europe. In Italy, Austria, and France, my work was exhibited in several galleries. In Brittany for four years, I reconnected with my roots and was invited to show in the Euroceltic Festival in Lorient. During this stay in Europe, my work was still shown in the United States and was acquired by private and public collections such as Hyatt Hotel Hawaii, Mayo Clinic Minneapolis and, in Oklahoma, at the Health Science Center, Coach House restaurant, and Irish Realty among many other collections. My work is part of the Oklahoma State University collection at Stillwater, OK.
I was part of the Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts 11 times and was the poster artist in 1992. I have had several one-person exhibits in Oklahoma at the Norick Art Center Oklahoma City University, City Art Center, Pickard Gallery, Untitled ArtSpace, Nault Fine Art. I am currently represented in OK by Objets Trouvés. In Rockville MD, I was part of a residency program to work on the link between creativity, childhood and art. I have shown my work in Copenhagen at the French Cultural institute, at Global Art Gallery and Gallerie Lorien with the Artival festival, among other places. My work has also been displayed at the UMK, the Danish minister of foreign affairs.
Back in Brittany since 2017, I have shown my work at hôpital Bretagne sud and Saint-Grégoire institut supérieur des Experts-Comptables, at Improbable Jardin gallery and at the Ploemeur médiathèque. I am part of the 101 Kunstnere book, 101 artists in Denmark for 2018-2019 and the Dots on the wall catalog, exhibit at the Lorien Gallerie at Copenhagen." -- Josette Simon Gestin
- Creator:Josette Simon-Gestin (1958)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Width: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
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- Gallery Location:Oklahoma City, OK
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