Agnes Pezeu

Agnès Pezeu and gallery nine5 present Impressions, a solo exhibition of her recent works.

Based in Paris, Pezeu works in a similar manner to the action painters of the 1940s, tracing charcoal outlines of models enacting various scenes before drizzling paint over the canvas to further delineate the silhouettes. The fluidity and palpable lightness of Pezeu’s canvases convey a sense of intangibility, yet they give transient, fleeting moments of time permanence.

Their delicacy, however, is balanced by a dynamism deriving from the strong sense of movement emanating from each figure. This duality is further explored by the absence of the model no longer physically present on the canvas, yet forever present in the lines of paint. The works exhibited in Impressions demonstrate Pezeu’s experimentation with a more vibrant tonal palette, and her increasingly diverse representation of the ephemeral.

The show will be accompanied by a performance at gallery nine5. Allowing an audience to observe her creative process, Pezeu will read a fairytale then ask her model to choose a pose that reflects their interpretation of the story.

Pezeu has painted frescos in numerous French cities in addition to completing private commissions. Her work is held in private collections throughout Paris, Lyon, Milan, Rome, Seoul, Tokyo, Istanbul, New York, Montreal, London and Madrid. Pezeu has been featured in publications such as NY Arts magazine and Paris Match.