Metaxu, Les rives où vivent mes songes
Augusta Lardy Micheli invites us to contemplate a universe that is both interior and exterior, through the notion of Metaxu (from Greek, that which is ‘in between’). For the artist : “The shores where my dreams live seduce me with beauty, but a warm wind pierces the surface of the canvases. What is this summer night, far too hot, that awakens me from a summer sleep? Should I fear it? This feeling of unease is inexhaustible, and nothing will stop its vivid expression through the Metaxu that is the act of painting.“
Augusta Lardy Micheli, born in 1994 in Geneva, is a Swiss artist. She holds a degree in Philosophy from King’s College London and a Fine Arts degree from the City and Guilds of London Art School. She was awarded the Freelands Foundation Painting Prize in 2021. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Madrid (Galería Belmonte), Paris (Galerie DS), and Mexico City (Karen Huber).
The artist explores a “living painting” where the material and pigments invite her to relinquish control and allow the essence of the work to emerge. Her approach, rooted in the body and somatic memory, can lead her to radically transform her techniques, shifting from painting to sculpture, engraving, or oxidation. With her experimental approach, she questions the essence of the image, seeking to reduce it to its most fundamental elements.
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