Timothy Mathews talks with Agnès Thurnauer in her studio in Paris about the relation between word and image in her paintings. About art as translation, witness and transformation of the past, and as a confident engagement with the present.  Word and image disrupt each other in Agnès Thurnauer’s paintings, but also work together to invite viewers to imagine generous relations between women and men.

Between the Lines - Agnès Thurnauer

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Between the Lines - Agnès Thurnauer

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