Paysage visage de Dürer
Artist:
Marlène Mocquet
Date:
2003
Medium:
Mixed media
Materials:
Canvas, Wood, Staples
Dimensions:
65 x 81 x 2.7 cm
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Peinture
Paysage visage de Dürer depicts a bird plunging towards an oversized face depicted horizontally. The precise black lines of the bird, which seems to be drawn straight from a Dürer engraving, contrast with the wash effects on the face, the artist playing with contrasts in texture and pictorial density. Marlène Mocquet juxtaposes elements of different sizes and misaligns her compositions to disorient the viewer. The face emerges from the abstraction thanks to a few lines representing the mouth, nose, and eye socket. The force of gravity seems to be drawing the bird and make-up on the face downwards. Marlène Mocquet invites us to give free rein to our imagination and to explore this world in all its dimensions, from dream to nightmare.
Text written by Valentine Brégeon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Valentine Brégeon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Antidote 2
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 27 Oct to 09 Dec 2006
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 27 Oct to 09 Dec 2006