In bed with la loire
108 x 130 x 72 cm, solid wood headboard, python leather, eel skin, canvas, wadding.
D.R.Adagp
Exhibition – research residency
During 3 month of residency, I created a selection of work witches exploit largely the notion of « bed » – from the object to the figurative senses – by superimposing the materials as so many of meaning layers. At the same time, I take advantage of the geographic situation of this research residence located in the former Redureau carpentry, in front of the Loire, to deepen my reflection on the role of objects with respect to forms of memory. Headboards, trinkets and other trinkets of all kinds abound here: since the pieces of furniture worked by the former owner Yves Redureau to the collections of objects gleaned by Emmanuelle Boccou, founder of the place. Between decks offered me to work on the basis of this living matter of manufactured things while I came to live here ultimately bringing few materials, in addition to my gestures and tools. In doing so, I tried to constantly keep in mind the fixed idea which has remained my guiding principle for writing romantic poetry in space: “In bed with la Loire”.
135 x 180 x 170 cm, steel headboard, cow and goat leather, solid wood, acrylic paint, threads, metallics, canvas, wadding. D.R.Adagp
108 x 130 x 72 cm, solid wood headboard, python leather, eel skin, canvas, wadding.
D.R.Adagp
FOCUS
The Awakening of the inner child
This installation consists of a symphony of pictures, each of which is the combination of traces from moments shared with friends and local residents. This bunk bed seems to explode and spread in space, the way I experienced these three months of reconnecting with my artwork in the workshop, with my inner child, thanks to hypnosis, as well as with my loved ones from which I had moved away those past
years.
All of these little things serve to highlight the fact that my memory is built thanks to the procedures that I develop in a relationship of adelphity with the other. All these objects are inhabited by my autobiography and constructed with snippets from that of others. They compete to illustrate what makes sense here at Pierre-Percée and thereby reveal the fact that, if meaning is carried by individuals, it is only really consolidated in collaboration and communication.
Awakening the inner child,
détails, 2022, variable dimensions,
found and donated objects. D.R. Adagp
Focus
Interior Loire views
This set of light boxes made up of fabrics gleaned here and there presents more or less abstract images, on the edge between geographical views and anatomical representations. They also play audio tracks that keep track of shared chats with friends living around Pierre-Percée.
I asked them to answer to simple questions : What is the Loire? How does it change, how does it changes you? Can you tell me about your memories with it? The set draws a very strong local identity, where everyone is affected in their own way by the constant variations of the Loire and participates in writing the novel.