Annette Beutin @ Broomhill

Annette Beutin

We have asked the artist to provide a statement about their work, an edited personal history, and a selection of exhibitions and commissions. The content here is entirely their words and selection. Works illustrated here have been chosen by the artist.

The works shown on this page are not necessarily on display at Broomhill.

Some other works by Annette Beutin

The Artist Speaks

“As an artist as well as a human being I am constantly on a journey, it is a constant search for new horizons. I confront limits concerning culture, style and content in order to find solutions to go further. Changes incite my imagination and provide a stimulus for new goals.

“I try to reflect in my works a maximum of creative freedom free from all clichés. It is a constant search for a new language within the works based on its unique originality. Feelings and thoughts are directly projected to the metal or canvas.

“My abstract pictures are painted on canvas. I paint mainly with gouache, oil paint, pigments and Indian ink. Brushes, scrapers and my pure hands are my essential tools. Concerning my abstract paintings, the viewer's activity is required in so far as it is completely up to him to decide which way to hang them. Because it does not matter from which side one looks at things or where they are, the thing itself remains always the same but everybody has his individual taste and perception.

“My jewellery is mainly made out of Sterling Silver, sometimes with traces of gold. I like to give gems and pearls a new ‘home’, to create a new environment for them.

“With my works, I hope to call the viewer's attention to the details. In every detail, be it a colour-drop, shape or texture, is some content, as it is in real life. My aim is to transmit the same good feeling to the viewer or wearer as I have when I am working.”

Background

Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan/Italy (study exchange)
Sculpture and Painting/Drawing
Lecturers: Hidetoshi Nagasawa and Claudio Olivieri

BA (Hons) Applied Arts, Ceramic, Glass and Metals
Lecturer: Dave Patten

HND Design Metals, Plymouth College of Art& Design
Lecturers: Amanda Cox and Dave Patten

Exhibitions

2003

XI Werkstatt Kunstmarkt, Winnenden, Germany
Broomhill Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Barnstaple, UK
Hausmesse, Marco Schreier Mineralienhandlung GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany
The Quay Gallery, Appledore, UK
The Ginger Gallery, Bristol, UK

2002

Broomhill Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Barnstaple, UK

2001

Broomhill Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Barnstaple, UK
Kunstkonserve Antonio Zecca, Singen, Germany

2000

Broomhill Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Barnstaple, UK
Grove House Gallery, Barnstaple, UK
View Point Gallery, Plymouth, UK

1999

Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
Broomhill Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Barnstaple, UK
Summer Show Exhibition of the PCAD, Plymouth, UK
ITMA 99, Paris, France
Glacier Dammann's, Paris, France

1998

Broomhill Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Barnstaple, UK
BDC New Designers, Islington, London, UK
Summer Show Exhibition of the PCAD, Plymouth, UK
High Tide Gallery, Mevagissey, UK

1997