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Thaddaeus Ropac is pleased to announce Sylvie Fleury's fourth solo-show
at the gallery.
Most renowned for her installations of shopping bags, Gucci yoga
mats, brand-name shoes and cans of Slim-Fast, Sylvie Fleury has been
exploring fashion branding and how it relates to the art world during
the past two decades. Not lacking in humour, her pop works of art
borrow from the worlds of fashion and design, transforming a common
mushroom sculpture into a shiny object of desire. Fleury makes use
of a variety of media, from painting, photography and sculpture to
installation and video, to create her universe that parodies and
celebrates the interrelationship between consumerism, identity, fashion
and art.
The fusion of separate worlds, such as the feminine and the masculine,
is also a preoccupation for the artist. Fleury has concentrated on
the world of automobiles, coating cars with nail varnish or lipstick,
thus redefining her audience's perceptions of a stereotypically masculine
theme. By playfully manipulating objects that are characteristically
associated with either gender, Fleury explores the theme of identity
in terms of sex
From
an art historical point of view, Fleury has used and cited iconic
works by 20th century avant-garde artists. She has
glued patches
of coloured carpet onto a Mondrian grid; recreated Fontana's radical
gesture on a denim canvas; filmed models in high-heels while they
walk on a Carl André floor work; replaced Joseph Kosuth's
dictionary definitions with beauty tips. On the other hand, she
has used Pucci print to create geometric abstract paintings and
covered
gallery walls with wall paintings using perfume brand names.
Fleury has produced an extensive oeuvre, incorporating
an array of themes, her ideas constantly evolving to encompass
new interests,
from projects that focus on Zen practices and personal development
to Science fiction. Regarding her work, Eric Troncy, French curator
and critic, wrote "...she has created a singular universe, half-way
between the world we live in and the one that is depicted in Z movies
[low budget films]."
Sylvie Fleury (b. 1961) lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland. Her
work has been widely shown in Europe and in the United States.
Three Flying Saucers were presented outdoors at the Printemps de
September in Toulouse (26 September - 19 October 2008). The MAMCO
in Geneva is devoting a retrospective exhibition of her work until
January 25th, 2009. Her work is included in major museum collections
world wide as well as prestigious private collections.
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