Anne Agbadou-Masson, Ceramist and sculptor

Anne AGBADOU MASSON is a sculptor and ceramist. Working under the name Anneagma, her relationship with clay is very intimate. In 2015, her encounter with this material fascinated her: earth is a material that has no form, that takes its shape from our own action, our own energy, and whose fire ensures a radical transformation. 

Now a language, the earth is vital to her. This relationship with touch, with the sensitive, enables him to return to the essential, to "forgotten instinct". His introspection, which compels him to build a bridge between the West and sub-Saharan Africa, enables him to take an interest in genetic memory. 

Drawing on her cross-fertilization of cultures, Anne creates one-of-a-kind pieces that seem to emerge from the depths of the earth or from centuries gone by. These highly designed figures, combining ancestral know-how with a contemporary viewpoint and requiring great technical skill, create a powerful whole. These pieces, called Objets Migrants, seem to tell us the story of history, as if to remind us not to forget.

Photos © B. Cruveiller / Thalie Foundation