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An art exhibit, from June 21st until August 18, 2017 by L. B\u00e9atrix Spadavecchia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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L. B\u00e9atrix Spadavecchia (LBS) created her large drawings in graphite<\/strong> on Japanese paper specifically for the exhibition rooms of the School of Mines Mineralogy Museum. They are shown alongside a unique collection of carved graphite sculptures from Jean-Pierre Alibert<\/strong> in the museum\u2019s permanent collection. Graphite is both a tender and fragile material. The artist\u2019s drawings have been inspired by the works of Roger Caillois, Patrick Autr\u00e9aux, and the Kindertotenlieder<\/em>, or Songs on the Death of Children<\/em>, by Gustav Mahler from Friedrich R\u00fcckert\u2019s poems.<\/p>\n

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A few works by artist L. B\u00e9atrix Spadavecchia, at the Mineralogy Museum MINES Paris PSL.<\/span><\/address>\n

THE LINE, THE IDEA<\/h4>\n

Text by the artist L. B\u00e9atrix Spadavecchia – LBS –<\/h5>\n

I used various media to create these drawings on Washi or Japan paper. The graphite drawings are enhanced by the application of lavis or washes. I also used chips of Chinese calcite crystal, powders, pastels and glues.<\/p>\n

Graphite is a soft, silky, sensual material which slides across the paper\u2019s surface and dissolves, spreads, and adheres here and there.<\/p>\n

My deepest desire is to organise a flow of sentiments and ideas\u2026 to find an image of myself on the paper.<\/p>\n

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Kindertotenlieder by R\u00fcckert-Mahler, interpreted by LBS (graphite, 2013).<\/span><\/address>\n

As a child, drawing a straight line in a school exercise book was a remarkable accomplishment\u00a0\u2013 spaces became a pause for breath, a rest till, at the end, the satisfaction of a job well-done.<\/p>\n

Lines make our imaginary world real, lines in drawings and lines in writing.<\/p>\n

Since 1990, I started to etch poems and other texts in drypoint \u2013 with a stylus on lead or copper. I try to format texts to give them the expressivity of the spoken word whether read or chanted. I think of polyphonies, of the representation of sounds in space and time.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve walked in Apollinaire\u2019s footsteps\u2013 borrowed the freedom of form from graffiti; from action painting, the dialogue with the unconscious; language has become the subject of the graphic works.<\/p>\n

Lines acquire a strong, expressive force, hand colouring (aquatint) renders the backgrounds soft and nuanced.<\/p>\n

Poetry, music and nature have always been sources of inspiration.<\/p>\n

Roger Caillois and Patrick Autr\u00e9aux treat the nature of things, and the act of writing when one is free from all attachment to the material world\u2026 Nothing remains except language, as the only wealth, and thought, as the only possession\u2026 a profound consciousness of being.<\/p>\n

Their inheritance will be a beautified, fertile language.<\/p>\n

Life, precarity<\/em><\/strong> (La vie, pr\u00e9carit\u00e9<\/em>), and Ammonites<\/em>\u2026 two drawings inspired by the illustrated poetic text Chiffres, de Roger Callois, Gallimard, 1979.<\/p>\n

The voice<\/em> (La voix<\/em>)… is a drawing inspired by the book La voix<\/em> \u00e9crite <\/em>(the written voice) written by Patrick Autr\u00e9aux (Verdier 2017).<\/p>\n

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A few works by the artist Liliana B\u00e9atrix Spadavecchia, in the Mineralogy Museum MINES Paris PSL.<\/span><\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":4771,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4892","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe line, the idea - Mus\u00e9e de Min\u00e9ralogie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\/musee\/en\/exhibitions-events\/temporary-exhibitions\/la-ligne-lidee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The line, the idea - Mus\u00e9e de Min\u00e9ralogie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\/musee\/en\/exhibitions-events\/temporary-exhibitions\/la-ligne-lidee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mus\u00e9e de Min\u00e9ralogie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-28T12:20:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\\\/musee\\\/en\\\/exhibitions-events\\\/temporary-exhibitions\\\/la-ligne-lidee\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\\\/musee\\\/en\\\/exhibitions-events\\\/temporary-exhibitions\\\/la-ligne-lidee\\\/\",\"name\":\"The line, the idea - 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