THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST
a solo exhibition by Julia Cottin
Saturday 26.10.24 _ 2 - 7 pm opening drinks in the presence of the artist

Born in 1981 in Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire), Julia Cottin lives and works in Paris.
Developed around simple gestures in the tradition of the artistic genre (carving, cutting, assembling, stacking, etc.), using wood as her preferred material, Julia Cottin’s sculptural work finds its references in architecture, using its symbols (the column) and its archetypes.

For valerie_traan gallery, the artist has designed new works, reactivating the installation of columns that invert construction standards and extend her reflections on natural and constructed space.
The title she has chosen for the exhibition, The Word for World is Forest, is a reference to a short science fiction novel published by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1972, which explores our relationship with the environment and offers an anti-colonialist viewpoint. It is also a journey into the civilization of the Athseans, part of whose existence is spent in the dream world, under the canopies of the great trees, and who, before the arrival of humans, knew no violence.

Artists: Julia Cottin