Anne Bourse

Winner of the 11th edition of the MAMC+ Prix des Partenaires for graphic art, Anne Bourse has put together an ensemble of new pieces for her first solo exhibition in a museum in France.

Under the title ”Nuits” (Nights), she invents a world on the edges of fiction, inhabited by a building manager’s room surrounded by models, benches, and display shelves. In this space, this mental projection tinged with melancholy, conflicting feelings of intimacy and separation intertwine. Like a storyteller, Anne Bourse weaves a tapestry with her tales and creations. Her fabrics, woven using gold and silver threads, are a reflection of Saint-Étienne’s industrial ribbon-making past, but above all an analogy central to her approach, which sits between the weft of a textile and a line drawn on paper.

For this exhibition, the MAMC+ and publishing house Même pas l’hiver have copublished the first artist’s book by Anne Bourse, entitled «H-Clubbing with Jean-Luc». The book contains images of the artist’s sketch books and an interview with Pascaline Morincôme and Anne Bourse, with a preface by Alexandre Quoi.