Work from the Collection

I'm raining

Artist: Mimosa Echard
Date: 2023
Medium: Mixed Media
Materials: Canvas, anti-radiation fabric, aluminium foil , transparent acrylic varnish
Collection: Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin

I'm raining is a work made up of an anti-radiation fabric that blocks electromagnetic waves, on which a grid of aluminium sheets is placed. The shape is reminiscent of a window in an industrial building or a panel of surveillance screens. As a shield against waves and thermal radiation, the work takes a stand against a world where radiation is intensifying. The aesthetic effect produced on the fabric, oxidised in places by a liquid that forms runs—it could be light rain, tears, or an organic liquid—reflects the artist’s fascination with liquids, fungi, and mould. This disturbance in the anti-radiation fabric questions our relationship to the body, to technology, and to the invisible world of waves that surround us, with a strange, mysterious aesthetic that draws on our fantasies and fears.

Text written by Clara Delettre as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.


Exhibition

I think my cells are fucking behind my back
Heidi Gallery, Berlin (Allemagne)
from 15 Sep to 28 Oct 2023
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