Brigitte Nahon

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brigitte nahon
The simplicity of Brigitte Nahon's structures has an equilibrium achieved by a complex interplay of forces.

brigitte nahon
In "Ode to Life," her third solo exhibition at Jerome de Noirmont, French-born, New York-based sculptor Brigitte Nahon presented personal if enigmatic allegories on life and the processes of creation. The two large-scale works on view as well as her series of smaller pieces (all 2005) put into play opposing forces at the heart of the universe--equilibrium versus instability, strength versus fragility, heaviness versus lightness, wholeness versus fragmentation. While Nahon relied on mathematical precision to assemble these works, their visual effects were magical...

brigitte nahon
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brigitte nahon
The simplicity of Brigitte Nahon's structures has an equilibrium achieved by a complex interplay of forces...