La ville à l'envers
Artist:
Marlène Mocquet
Date:
2007
Medium:
Mixed media
Materials:
Canvas
Dimensions:
223 x 155 cm
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Peinture
The painting La ville à l'envers depicts a young girl transformed into a giant who occupies three quarters of the composition and seems to be carrying an upside-down city with tiny skyscrapers in her frail arms. Marlène Mocquet turns the tables and plays with scale, painting an Alice who has eaten the cake. The translucent wash that shapes the girl's body contrasts with the abundant pictorial layer that constitutes the urban landscape. This city carried at arm's length represents the artistic act, making the work a self-portrait of the artist—Marlène Mocquet carrying her creation in a precarious balance.
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.
Exhibitions
Antidote 7
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 06 Oct 2011 to 07 Jan 2012
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 06 Oct 2011 to 07 Jan 2012
Antidote 3
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 13 Sep to 03 Nov 2007
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 13 Sep to 03 Nov 2007
Marlène Mocquet
École municipale des beaux-arts | Galerie Édouard-Manet, Gennevilliers (France)
from 13 Mar 2008 to 19 Apr 2007
École municipale des beaux-arts | Galerie Édouard-Manet, Gennevilliers (France)
from 13 Mar 2008 to 19 Apr 2007