Landscapes seen from the train
by Aurélie Mathigot
- Printed in France
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Exhibition available in several formats.
"...in its transparency the landscape reveals itself. From a blurred gray like Gerhard Richter, it suddenly becomes more precise, it finally appears, in its nuances. One would think it was drawn in pencil, but it is studded with embroidery. Along the lines of fabric that seem like a pencil, the image emerges. A blurred photograph becomes a dense landscape (...)"
It was with these dual-status images that Aurélie Mathigot began her journey as a visual artist. While she has now moved on to other mediums, such as crochet, she remains faithful to this primary practice that continues to haunt her. She seizes modest images, hardly meant to be preserved, to transcend them, just as Penelope transcended the passing of time. It is no coincidence that this artist likes to say that video, her original body, disappointed her and made her suffer: it is something else in the image that she seeks.
"In the film, randomness is not allowed," she recalls. "It is the regret of a past present, in which it reinscribes us. Photography, on the contrary, truly freezes the present. And embroidery fixes it, like a varnish whose glazes awaken forgotten underlying layers. It also allows imperfection, by inviting the hand to enter into action (…)"
From a seaside stroll, a trip to Japan, a mountain hike, Aurélie Mathigot returns with an inert material, photographs gently awakened by silk thread. Or sometimes pearls, more furiously; even sequins. But the interventions are generally discreet, the play of volumes clear but humble. At first glance, we just suspect that something is wrong with the image, without really understanding what.
You have to get close, and put your body into play, for the material to reveal itself. The artist can take hold of cities, which are already embroideries in themselves, with their urban patterns; or, in another series, of an abandoned place, with its dilapidated windows, its ugly trees, its mismatched wallpapers. There, in this disused sanatorium, she sublimates decrepitude.
Excerpts from a text by Emmanuelle Lequeux, journalist and art critic - 2015
• 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
Aurélie Mathigot
Aurélie Mathigot obviously feels a bit like their heir, but in her own way.
