Madame
La Peur du Naufrage
2015
Paper, recycled objects
44 × 50 cm
Unique
Location: Montreuil, France
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About the artwork
By concentrating on the waves, we no longer fear shipwreck", Madame draws the viewer into a maritime universe. Superimposing images of fish, binoculars, a woman and lifebuoys cut directly from vintage magazines, she invites the viewer to reflect on a more contemporary reality. Perhaps it's a political theme linked to immigration, or a theme of society and human relations. Each person's interpretation is invited to join the work.
Expert opinion
The collage technique is the very essence of Madame's work, reflecting her own questioning. This work, as much in content as in form, is characteristic of her work.
About the artist
Madame is a visual artist from Tours (France). Trained as an actress and stage designer, she turned to urban art, specializing in collages. She evolves in a vintage universe, working with old magazine papers dating from the early 20th century to the 70s. Inspired simply by her life, her work bears witness to the influence of her family, her childhood and her many travels. The artist gives shape to offbeat characters playing with irony and the question of identity, a process through which she seeks to explore the notion of "transgression", notably of meanings, genders, borders, laws, and preconceived ideas about men, women and love.
Her work has been the subject of public exhibitions in Italy (Cheap Festival, 2015), Portugal (Loures Street art festival, 2016), Germany (UFAM festival, 2015), France (Fresco for Roland-Garros, 2019; Piscine Molitor, 2019). She has also been the subject of monographic exhibitions (Traffic Gallery, Bergamo (Italy), 2014; Centre des Monuments Nationaux au Château d'If, Marseille, 2018; Galerie Tschaen, Colmar, 2019).
“My original collages are unique pieces. In fact, each little element that gives them their new meaning comes straight out of magazines that no longer exist, and of which I only own one copy each time. They are therefore irreproducible collages.”
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