LEA MUNSCH

Fueled by a vibrant curiosity and her instinct, Léa Munsch explores the potentiality of clayin a spirit of lineage with ancient people. She draws from nature to produce her primarilyunglazed pieces that reveal the inherent qualities of texture and color of their materials.From her studio, an ever-evolving cast of ageless forms emerges, sculptures born at thecrossroads where art and architecture meet.Léa Munsch lives and works in Lorraine, in eastern France, where she's taken over a space ina former factory perched on a river at the heart of a forest.

The primordial link between Earth and clay infuses her practice. An ancient and instinctivebond that we can sense the presence in her work. She is interested inthe cultures imaginedby ancient civilizations long before the 0 of our era and prehistoric art for the strength ofthe link between art, life and nature.Like an archeological work, blurring the lines of time,her sculptures seem to come from an ancient future. Her practice also relies a lot ontoinstinct to give shape to an abstract, architectural, raw, textured and natural world.

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“Working with clay feels like a lineage with these times. Hands in the now are working withthe same material as then, with the same primordial connection to clay.It transcends time and space. I honor and explore this open field of possibilities withinstinct and innocence.”