I am a French/Dutch visual artist based in Rotterdam.
I make life-size spatial work, and objects which I use as interrelated elements to create a scene or setting. In my work I try to get to the core of what makes an object or a place holy. I am fascinated by primitive art and religious art, because objects have a function in those contexts. Archaeology and ethnology are big influences on my work, yet I always relate the subject to the here and now. I use common materials I find in my direct environment, but reorganise and repurpose them to change their domestic nature in to a ritual one. I transform my materials as little as possible, and simplify the techniques I use to their minimum. The shapes are simple, and the materials recognizable. This makes my work raw, sober and factual.
Lucie Havel creates large spatial installations that create certain settings in relation to the surroundings and each other.
Her work deals with the role of objects and spaces in a religious or ritual context. The concept of faith here also includes the insight of man into nature.
Archaeology and ethnology are of great influence on her work, but she always relates the subject to the here and now.
The everyday and common materials that Havel uses come from her immediate surroundings. By reorganizing the materials, she changes their status from domestic to ritual. She modifies the materials as little as possible and uses simple techniques. The forms are simple, the materials recognizable. This gives her work a raw, sober and unpolished look.