
MISS.TIC
LE MASCULIN L'EMPORTE, MAIS OÙ ?
March 11-15, 2019 Curated by Yann Toma Vernissage March 10, 2019 Sorbonne Artgallery is pleased to welcome artist MISS.TIC for the exhibition Le masculin l'emporte, mais où? on view from March 11 to March 15, 2019.
An extension of the history of feminist struggles (workers, suffragettes) in the early 20th century, International Women's Rights Day converges with a critical and active stance formalized by the United Nations in 1977. Unfortunately, it is still relevant today, given the persistent inequalities between men and women. Women's rights remain one of the major struggles of our time, in all communities, all walks of life, all ages. Miss.Tic democratizes an art form in direct contact with our soma. At this very moment, her sincerity and artistic relevance match the impact of the images conveyed by those who today consider art to be capable of proposing, often through images, at the heart of our collective consciousness, what Marie-José Mondzain calls an exercise in freedom, notably through subjectivizing operations that directly involve the viewer. It's here, in the visible, that something deepens and escapes the reduction of what Miss-Tic shows us. With a history that converges with many women's trajectories, Miss.Tic is today an ambassador for the goals of education and gender equality at the heart of the UN's priorities. Here, the Miss.Tic stencil is transformed into a sensitive form and material. Beyond its plastic quality, it invites us to resist and to think about the emancipation of women and their rights. This being of art tactfully signals a being of the, a possible extension of the self to the other. The virtue then of each of the artist's body parts, with their generously symbolic plasticity, is offered to all and for all in the public space of the University. Miss-Tic becomes an integral part of our imaginations, as she turns the corner of a street transformed into the Galerie Soufflot for the occasion.




A poet, visual artist and leading figure in street art, Miss.Tic has been developing a pictorial and poetic universe, stencilled on Paris walls since 1985. With characteristic drawings of women and incisive phrases, her creations express freedom. Her art is based on a subtle blend of lightness and gravity, insouciance and provocation. Present in galleries and public spaces alike, her work combines perennial supports with ephemeral interventions. Regularly exhibited since 1986 in France and abroad, sought after by the fashion world (Kenzo, Louis Vuitton...) and approached by the world of cinema (in 2007, she designed the poster for Claude Chabrol's La Fille coupée en deux), Miss.Tic also took part in the 2010 edition of the Petit Larousse, illustrating words from the French language. Represented at international contemporary art fairs, some of her works have been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Fond d'art contemporain de la ville de Paris. Miss.Tic's art is born of life, and inscribed in it. Her works are for everyone, and make the public their regular and critical recipients.




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