Insects and Scarabs
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Christiane Van Marsenille devotes herself to the thorough and precise practice of scientific drawing, a dreamy world.
Insects are seldom approached by occidental artits but for her, they are the subject of an abundant inspiration.
The exhibition organised together with the second International Film Festival of the Insects Fifi 2001 in Gembloux gave her the opportunity to bring together her manifold talents.
No less than thirty scarabs meet themseves into a fascinating fresco. It is a glistening of colors, a diversity of expressions from the detailed representation to the hardly figurative suggestion, a collection of mastered techniques that delight the viewer.
He would invent himself the way from the entomologist to the sacred scarabs of ancient Egypt.

 

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