Christiane Pooley (born 1983) A1-2 2008 Oil on canvas signed, dated, titled and located "Santiago" on the back 30 x 30 cm Bibliography: > Exhibition catalogue Christiane Pooley - I also ask myself, Corentin Hamel, Marion Dana, New Galerie, 2008, reproduced p. 2 Exhibitions: > Christiane Pooley - I also ask myself, Galerie de France, Paris, France, 6 September to 25 October 2008 Born in Temuco, Chile, Christiane Pooley is considered one of the great talents of her generation, currently represented by Galerie Perrotin in Paris. In her work, she explores the notion of 'place' as both a physical environment and an emotional state, resulting in figurative painting with abstract details. Our painting fits in perfectly with this idea: this viewer is looking at an abstract painting - a Soulages? - which seems to have no limits, and whose details fade away in the bottom right-hand corner of the work. We are transported to a place we all know, a scene we've already seen, but which escapes us because it's impossible to place...