Female Dishes, 2018-2022
by Jeanne Verdoux
- Printed in France
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Technique: ceramic
Exhibition available in 2 formats for outdoor use and 1 format for indoor use.
"My artwork has always told the stories of my life. As a young adult, when I lost my parents after long illnesses, I crossed the Atlantic Ocean to rebuild myself, and drawing was my lifeboat. When I became a mother, drawing also anchored me through the chaos of parenthood. Later, when cancer attacked my body, it was by sculpting clay that I was able to keep my head above water. For me, doing is a vital need.
Through the process of constructing each piece, I established an emotional connection with the clay which then gave birth to new forms.
The Female Vaisselle series of ceramic sculptures explores the female figure as a symbolic vessel, a container with human attributes, as the storage place of life experiences: fertility and motherhood, balance and gravity, humor and absurdity are some of the themes I explored in these sculptures.
The title 'Female Vaisselle' combines French, my mother tongue, and English, my adopted language. In English, 'Female' and 'Vaisselle' rhyme. The word 'Female', which means feminine, is pronounced 'Fimelle', and 'vaisselle' sounds the same as the word 'vessel', which means 'container'. By extension, the word 'Vaisselle' implies 'doing the dishes', a domestic task still too often assigned to women.
Drawing inspiration from feminist artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas, and Genesis Belanger, who radically explore the representation of the female body, 'Female Vaisselle' pushes the boundaries of figurative representations, communicating both the power and vulnerability of the female body."
• Outdoors: choose locations where people take a walk and/or where there is a lot of foot traffic: in the centre of the town, near a school, in a public garden or along a walking trail... And if possible, on flat ground!
• Indoors: reception hall, office, waiting room, dining room, meeting room - choose the best-lit space.
CAUTION: If the space where you are displaying the exhibition is slightly damp, we recommend purchasing eight simple frames of the same size (50 x 70 cm) to protect the prints.
The papers we have chosen for printing our exhibitions meet two essential criteria, among others: beautiful colour rendering and durability.
• Exhibitions intended for outdoor display are printed on high-quality 130gsm blue-backed paper.
• For exhibitions intended for indoor display, we have chosen a 550gsm semi-rigid paper to which we attach a simple hanging system. These panels can therefore be hung on a single nail or framed if they are to be displayed in a slightly damp location.
For outdoor displays, our poster formats have been chosen to best suit “election” billboards:
• Large outdoor format (84 x 119 cm) for maximum impact. With one poster per billboard, you will need eight in total.
• Small outdoor format (63 x 93 cm) so that two posters can be placed on the same billboard... meaning you only need to install four billboards.
• Indoor exhibition (50 x 70 cm): 8 prints to hang on 5 linear metres of free wall space.
Full view of the exhibition
