CLAUDIA COMTE
DARK SUNS BRIGHT WAVES

DESERT X ALULA, ALULA, SAUDI ARABIA
11 FEBRUARY – 30 MARCH 2022
"To conjure the natural exuberance of the environment under the vast and towering sandstone mountains of AlUla, I wanted to create a work that reflected a sense of radiating space and time. ›Dark Suns Bright Waves‹ is reminiscent of forms already existing in nature: it mimics the movement of sun rays, waves, or an infinitely blooming flower." – Claudia Comte

© Claudia Comte, DESERT X, ALULA
© Images Lance Gerber

FEATURED ARTIST

CLAUDIA COMTE

Claudia Comte (b. 1983 in Grancy, Switzerland) is an artist based in the countryside outside of Basel, Switzerland. She studied at the Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, ECAL (2004-2007) followed by a Masters of Art in Science of Education at Haute Ecole Pédagogique, Visual Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland (2008-2010).

Comte works between media, often combining sculptures or installations with wall paintings to create environments where works relate to each other with a visual rhythm that is both methodical and playful. Her work is defined by her interest in the memory of materials and by a careful observation of how the hand relates to d...