FROM KOLAJ 21
Axelle Kieffer’s Artist Portfolio
French artist Axelle Kieffer lives and works in Savannah, Georgia. She writes, “My artwork mostly focuses on the human figure. The flesh is a good vehicle of what’s happening inside, how we feel in our body and how we live with it. My goal is to make the body talk. My work never shows a complete and fine representation and I want to give a feeling of fragility through painfully beautiful images.” A portfolio of Kieffer’s collage appears in Kolaj #21.
Kolaj Magazine features portfolios of contemporary artists in each issue alongside critical commentary as a means of developing a deeper understanding of collage as both a medium and a genre.
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Making traditional handmade collages is to me close to modern science, close to genetic manipulation in a laboratory.
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from the University of Strasbourg, Kieffer began her postgraduate work studying painted poems, called logograms, by Belgian artist Christian Dotremont, founder of the CoBrA art movement. This research brought her closer to the visual art world, and reawakened her artistic passion. She left academia behind and embraced the career of an artist. Learn more at her Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory page or at axellekiefferart.com.
This artist portfolio appears in KOLAJ #21. To see the entire article, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
Image:
Atalante by Axelle Kieffer
hand-cut collage on vintage photograph; 2015