Born in 1995 in Nice, Mona Barbagli lives and works there. Graduate of the Pavillon Bosio (Monaco) and of the École des beaux-arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire…
Born in 1995 in Nice, Mona Barbagli lives and works there. Graduate of the Pavillon Bosio (Monaco) and of the École des beaux-arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire (DNSEP, 2020), she develops a practice grounded in matter (wax, fabric, gum arabic, glass, copper), time and light. Her work makes perceptible what is invisible: emotions, traces and energies. A graduate of the Pavillon Bosio (Monaco) and then of the École des beaux-arts de Nantes (Saint-Nazaire), Mona Barbagli lives and works in Nice. I reflect on and observe individual behaviour, most often using myself as the guinea pig, in the hope of grasping the full depth of the human being. The human being is as unpredictable as he is complex. Emotions (translated into colour in my work) are what give the greatest intensity, the echo of the unconscious impulse of the heart that drives us to Be. I am interested in these sensations, and in their mechanisms of integration and diffusion. My practice is governed by a sensitive and structured analysis of the inner world, and then of its interaction with the outer world. I most often use protocols and a system of series. Multiplicity makes it possible to reveal collective patterns while sublimating individual variations. The materials I use are carriers of feeling. My works offer viewers, at times, an observation of the other, an echo of ourselves; at other times, a pause on states of consciousness; and finally, an invitation to act with awareness of our inner mechanisms.
