Valérie Collart

My Eyes Coldly Stuffed with Silk (II), 2019

C-print 387 x 188 x 0,30 cm (129 x 188 x 0,30 cm each)

Veiled Object I, 2019

Fabric, raw porcelain, eggshell, mixed materials 60 x 40 x 25 cm

Veiled Object II, 2019

Fabric, raw porcelain, eggshell, mixed materials 23 x 25 x 27 cm

My Eyes Coldly Stuffed with Silk (II) is a triptych composed of three images, altogether soft and rigidly orchestrated with dynamic lines and buried forms. It represents a staged, abstract universe that resists familiarity and therefore stands as a disturbing strangeness, putting us in a place to reflect about the thickness of time and the enigma of the gaze.

The sculptures Veiled Object I and II explores what happens when the covered element loses its visual identity, shape, material, and colour in favour of the fabric that covers it. The fabric creates a tension between presence and absence, appearance and disappearance, inward and outward.

Valérie Collart (b. 1981) is a French visual artist based in Copenhagen (DK). She has studied at the École Nationale Supérieure d’art Villa Arson in Nice and obtained an MA with honorable mention in 2006. Collart’s work has been included in shows at David Risley Gallery (DK), Den Frie (DK), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK), and Viborg Kunsthal (DK). In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious National Solo Award at the Spring exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK).