




Matter of Life
Eugénie Paultre
£19.95
Book Details
Publication:
April 2021
Illustrations:
60
Dimensions:
210mm x 148mm
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
978-1-912122-32-5
No. of pages:
112
About the Artist
Eugénie Paultre (b. in Paris in 1979, lives in Paris and Normandy) studied then taught philosophy at the Sorbonne, and since 2010 she has devoted herself to painting and writing. She is the author of numerous essays, novellas and poetry collections in English, German, and French published at Al Manar and Manuella Editions, Paris. Matter of Life is the second publication HENI Publishing, London, has dedicated to Paultre, following the release of Outline in 2018. Paultre has held solo exhibitions at the Institut français, Bratislava (2019), Gandy Gallery, Bratislava (2019) and Erna Hecey, Luxembourg (2020). She has recently taken part in group exhibitions at Castello di Rivoli (2017), Mudam, Luxembourg (2019) and Lévy Gorvy, Paris (2021).
Press Coverage
With Matter of Life, Eugénie Paultre proposes a profound reflection on the metamorphosis of existence into works of art, of the darkest doubts into colourful lines, and on the necessity of discipline to get something achieved. Rigour, frugality and discipline of thoughts and body – the body constantly confronting itself to canvasses bigger than itself.
Paultre writes and draws lines, over and over again, searching for her own language, and the writer and artist she embodies tend to 'become' rather than disappear. And her hands work fast, whether on the keyboard or the canvas, as 'there is little time left in this life to become the eyes, the soul, the body that we are'.
Barbara Polla, May 2021