Claudia Comte (born 1983 in

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) is a Swiss artist. Comte works in a variety of media including sculpture, engraving, installation murals and painting.

Education

Comte earned a B.A. in visual arts from

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(ÉCAL), and an M.A. in science of education from Haute Ecole Pédagogique, Visual Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Work

Comte's artwork shows a wide range of influences that range from canonized artists, such as Brancusi and

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, to popular cartoons, like ''

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''. She mixes the natural with the artificial, dissolving distinctions between what is considered intellectual and unsophisticated. In an interview with

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in 2015, Comte said she mixes classical themes with references to modern art, and then imparts her own voice on the form. Comte values the physical labor required to create her artwork. While in art school, Comte's classmates nicknamed her la tronçonneuse, Miss Chainsaw. The chainsaw has been Comte's tool of choice. However, Comte has asserted that her chosen tool, "has nothing to do with feminism or any other political act." Rather, it is the only tool that manipulates the material in the way she wants.

Exhibitions

Her artwork has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including Zigzags and Diagonals, moCa Cleveland (2018); ''Swiss Performance Now'', Kunsthalle Basel (2018), ''KölnSkulpture #9'', Cologne (2017); ''La Ligne Claire'', Basement Roma (2017); ''NOW I WON'', Messeplatz,

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(2017); ''10 Rooms, 40 Walls, 1059 m2'', Kunstmuseum Luzern (2017); ''DesertX'', Palm Springs (2017); ''Catch The Tail By The Tiger'', König Galerie, Berlin (2016); ''The Language of Things'', Public Art Fund, New York (2016); ''Easy Heavy III'', Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich (2014); ''Sharp Sharp, If I were a rabbit, where would I keep my gloves?'', BolteLang, Zurich (2013); and ''Elevation 1049'', Gstaad (2013). *2019 ''I Have Grown Taller From Standing With Trees'' Copenhagen Contemporary,

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. *2019 ''The Cavern of Lost Dreams (nine characters)''. Gladstone Gallery,

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. *2022 ''Desert X AlUla''.

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Collections

Her work is included in the collection of the

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and the

Baltimore Museum of Art The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) in Baltimore, Maryland, is an art museum that was founded in 1914. The BMA's collection of 95,000 objects encompasses more than 1,000 works by Henri Matisse anchored by the Cone Collection of modern art, ...

References

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