Anneagma

Anne AGBADOU-MASSON is a ceramic sculptor.

Working under the name Anneagma, her relationship with clay is very intimate. In 2015, her encounter with this material fascinated her: earth is a formless material that takes its shape from our action, our own energy, and whose fire ensures a radical transformation. As a language, earth is vital to her. This relationship with touch, with the sensitive, enables her to return to the essential, to the « forgotten instinct ».

Her introspection, which compels her to build a bridge between the West and sub-Saharan Africa, allows her to take an interest in genetic memory. Thanks to her blend of cultures, Anne creates unique pieces that seem to emerge from the depths of the earth or from centuries gone by. These intricately-articulated figures, combining ancestral know-how with a contemporary viewpoint, demand a high degree of technical skill, and exude a powerful whole. These pieces, called Migrant Objects, seem to narrate History, as if to remind us not to forget.

Presentation based on a text by Anne Abgatou-Masson.