Figures, Speech and commotion #1
This painting-object presenting a jacket inside a frame is extended in three dimensions by the presence of hands and a loudspeaker whose arrangement Chloé Quenum adjusts according to the exhibition context. The arrangement and assembly of the objects evolve in order to explore the spatial possibilities of the installation. Here, the selected presentation takes on an anthropomorphic aspect: the hands and the loudspeaker refer to touch and hearing, while the garment symbolizes the bust. Ironically, the cold minimalism of the artificial frame is transformed into a human, carnal warmth, while the work implicitly expands in the space to better appropriate it. Through the humanized staging of objects, Chloé Quenum formulates the different stages of a statement on the movement inherent in the installation and the effects it produces, as the title of the work suggests: Figures, Speech and commotion #1.
Text written by Quentin Rose as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Les Bains-Douches, Alençon (France)
from 22 Nov to 11 Jan 2015