Jeanne Susplugas
dal 1/3/2006 al 14/4/2006
Segnalato da
1/3/2006
Jeanne Susplugas
Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
Animation, photographs and drawings are a constant in Susplugas’ work. Each captures the innocence, sincerity and the peculiar interest in malice deeds which personify these little people. The photographs are transmutations of various organisms, combining beauty and brute, human and creature.
Little Cruelties
Florence Lynch Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent works by Jeanne
Susplugas. The exhibition is on view from March 2 through April 9, 2006. An opening
reception will be held at the gallery on Thursday, March 2nd from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The exhibition, entitled Little Cruelties, includes a video animation, related
drawings and photographs.
At close up, two big orange eyes, surprised, are looking at us. They are made of
plastic and belong to a doll. A blink opens a scene, a short animation in which a
little girl holds a bleeding animal. With blond little ponytails and her sexy
shorts, she smiles with satisfaction. Again, close up on the doll’s eyes. A little
worried, she blinks and a new scene opens. A little innocent girl, weapons in her
hands, cuts little animals. These animations, made from drawings, play on the
contrast: technical contrast, emotional contrast between innocence and cruelty.
Four animations cut by blinking eyes. They evoke such themes as suicide and
violence by and towards children…
The combination of animation, photographs and drawings reinforces the fact that the
three mediums are a constant in Susplugas’ work. Each captures the innocence,
sincerity, endurance, and the peculiar interest in malice deeds which personify
these little people. The photographs are transmutations of various organisms,
combining beauty and brute, human and creature.
Born in 1974 in Montpellier, France, Susplugas currently lives in Berlin and Paris.
She is currently exhibiting in << Moving Time: Tribute to Name June Paik >>, at the
Korean Culture Service, in New York. Other exhibitions include V Tape / MOCCA,
Toronto, Muse'e d’Art et d’Industrie, St Etienne, Muse'e d’Art Moderne, St Etienne, ,
Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Muse'e d’Art du Guangdong, Canton/Biz’Art, Shangai,
Ulrich Museum, Wishita, Villa Medicis, Rome, Espace Pierre Cardin, Careof, Milan,
National Gallery, Banskbistrica, Slovaquia, Kunst-werke, Berlin Paris, among others.
Her work has been reviewed in Le Figaro, Le Monde, Beaux-Arts Magazine, New York
Arts, ArtNet, Asahi Newspaper, Art Press, Flash Art, Diario, among others.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 2, from 6.00 to 8.00 p.m.
Florence Lynch Gallery
531-539 West 25th Street, Ground Floor - New York
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11.00 to 6.00 p.m.