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1981 - 1983
Visual arts
Ange Leccia
Period: 1981-1983
Profession: Painter Born in Minverviù, Corsica, Ange Leccia is a photographer, painter and video artist. His creations question the media they involve, intertwining and then opposing them in a rhythmic atmosphere. He mainly uses film or photographic images, conceiving his ” arrangements ” as cinematographic moments. He uses Japan, Syria, Palestine and many other places in the Middle East and Asia as reservoirs of images. His poetry takes the viewer into ambivalent scenes where two planes are about to collide
(” Ghost in the Shell”), where materials become sharp objects (”
La Mer”). Since 1980, he has held numerous exhibitions in France and abroad, notably in 2006 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and in 2007 at Macval in Vitry. A former resident at the Villa Médicis in Rome in 1981-83, he also directed the Pavillon de Création at the Palais de Tokyo and taught at the Grenoble and Cergy-Pontoise art schools.
Application 17.02 - 31.03.2025
Created in 2018 by the Occitanie Region in partnership with the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici, the Price Occitanie - Medici dedicated to young contemporary creation aims to develop the international influence of talent from Occitanie by welcoming them to the Villa Medici for a research and creative stay of several months. Each year, the price attracts around a hundred candidates - visual and visual artists - eager to take advantage of the opportunity offered by a residency at one of Europe's most emblematic art centers, in contact with other artists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Each year, the winner of the Price Occitanie - Medici is selected on the basis of an application and an audition of the shortlisted candidates, each of whom presents his or her project to a jury made up of representatives of the Region, the Director of Villa Medici and associated experts.