ANN GRIM
GREW UP BETWEEN
BUENOS AIRES,
PARIS, CAPE TOWN,
MONTEVIDEO AND
LONDON
BEFORE CHOOSING
TO LIVE
AND WORK
IN PARIS.
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, SHE GIVES PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO HER TECHNIQUES, MATERIALS AND MEDIAS, FROM THE PHYSICAL TO THE DIGITAL. WHETHER THROUGH RHYTHMIC EXPERIENCES OR MORE PERCEPTIBLE POINTS OF CONTACT,SHE PROLONGS THE LIFE OF THE OBJECT, MOVING IT TOWARDS AN AWE-INSPIRING INFINITY THAT REVEALS THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTISTIC DISCOURSE IN THE POST-INDUSTRIAL ERA.
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A CHILD OF HYPER-GLOBALISATION, ANN GRIM PLACES HERSELF WITHIN THE REALM OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, WORKING AMONGST SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS, HISTORIANS AND ECONOMISTS TO SHOWCASE THE INTUITIVE POWER OF HER ART BY DECIPHERING THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN NATURE.
HER PROVOCATIVE UNIVERSE, CAUGHT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN INSTINCTIVE AETHETICISM AND THEORETIC RATIONALISATION, PLAYS ON A HOST OF SYMBOLIC METAPHORS.
IT PROVIDES A FULLY ENGAGED MESSAGE THAT OPENS THE DOORS OF OUR IMAGINATION, CALLING UPON THE "ULTIMATE WEAPONS" OF BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COLELCTIVE IN THE FACE OF BARBARISM AND IGNORANCE. "MANKIND IS MOVING THROUGH A HISTORY WHERE SAVAGERY DOMINATES. PREDATORY, FORTHRIGHT AND LUCID, THIS IS A HUMANITY THAS IS ON THE VERGE OF SACRIFICING ITS FUNDAMENTAL INNOCENCE.
Text by Thierry De Beaumont