Françoise Pétrovitch’s Giant, Line-Drawing Murals of Children and Animals

Centre d'Art Parc Saint-Léger, Pougues les Eaux, 2007 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

These larger-than-life line drawings are by Françoise Pétrovitch.They are deceptively simple renderings of people (many of them children) and animals in either red or blue, with minimal shading. The subjects remind me of children’s storybook illustrations, but with a slightly ambiguous edge. I particularly like the way many of the pieces are “cut off” by the doorways, ceilings, and other walls; leaving them to continue only in your imagination. The way multiple images in the same exhibit — but on different walls — work together is also interesting. She is from Cachan, France.

Centre d'Art Parc Saint-Léger, Pougues les Eaux, 2007 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, 2008 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Commande de l'Institut Français de Madrid, 2013 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Galeria dos Prazeres, Madère, 2012 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Centre d'Art Contemporain de Pontmain, 2011 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Centre d'Art Contemporain de Pontmain, 2011 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Commande de la Cité Internationale de Lyon, 2010 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Exposition collective Quand je serais petite, Musée des beaux arts de Calais, 2010 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Atelier Soardi, Nice, 2009 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Maison des Arts, Malakoff, 2006 - Wall Drawing - Installation Art by Françoise Pétrovitch

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Tom is a writer, artist, and multi-media guru from Pennsylvania, U.S. He holds a Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication, but he has also taken several university-level courses in fine arts, art appreciation, graphic design, printmaking, and Asian art. He has been blogging for Monde Mosaic since February 2014.

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