Catherine Lopès-Curval
Selected Works
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Spirale, 2019
Acrylique sur carton préparé
65 x 50 cm
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Duo, 2023
Acrylique sur toile
27 x 22 cm
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Casemate 2, 2020
Technique mixte sur toile
195 x 130 cm
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Hockney en Normandie, 2016
Technique mixte sur toile
195 x 130 cm
Catherine Lopès-Curval
Saisons, 2022/2023
Acrylique sur toile
160 x 160 cm
Catherine Lopès-Curval
L'attente, 2008
Acrylique sur toile
160 x 160 cm
Some of the works depicted are no longer available.
Biography
The work of Catherine Lopès-Curval is related to the artists of Narrative Figuration from the 60s. Her paintings have long denounced the submission of women.
Catherine Lopès-Curval's themes treat with humor and poetry human nature and its difficulty of being.
Her universe is populated by imaginary and stereotypical characters who desperately try to go beyond the boundaries of their own existences. Her images open onto enigmatic and hostile spaces with uncertain outcomes.
Today the artist's work focuses on the landing beaches which were the places of her childhood games. She finds her inspiration in the contrast between the grassy cliffs and the so-called “monster” Blaukhaus, which we find in her work Casemate 2 from 2020. Her paintings are not just sets of representations of objects seen around her : they obey a higher principle of unity because they are aesthetic objects as they are capable of expression.
The works of Catherine Lopès-Curval appear in major collections, notably that of the Center Georges Pompidou.