Rooted in a background in classical ballet, Ozanne Princen approaches sculpture through the language of the body – translating movement, memory and gesture into enduring form.
Her understanding of line, balance and proportion was shaped by years of studying movement. Rather than depicting the body literally, she distils it into its essential elements: a curve, a gesture, a moment of tension or stillness.
Working primarily in bronze, and increasingly with natural stone, her practice explores the dialogue between movement and stillness, softness and strength, body and architecture. Sketches and studies form the beginning of this process – a search for line, proportion and presence before a work takes physical form.
Presented by Galerie Agnès Dechanteloup, Paris.