Victoire Gonzalvez’ installation can be conceived as a reinterpretation of the anatomical Venus. These wax models created at the beginning of the 18th century to teach medicine – dissectable female bodies molded from cadavers – had an oddly eroticized appearance. Used to teach anatomy exclusively to men, these écorchées with exposed organs reflected a whole … Keeper
As part of the group exhibition „Aera of Effect“, the artist invites viewers to take part in a purifying ritual, wherein they paradoxically become the exhibition’s agents of contamination. In this universe, visitors are encouraged to navigate the artist’s skillfully devised game. Numerous objects and sensory experiences are offered to us in this journey, and … Closet
„Translating Bodies“ explore and dissect the notion of purity in all its forms. From a hygienic, moral or religious perspective, the exhibition challenges the fallacious dimension inherent to this concept, the different meanings and symbolism that have been attributed to it throughout history, and assessing its contemporary relevance. Whether over-emphasized or misused, the theories associated with … Bassin
The „Synthesized Blue“exhibition presents the interstitial works of artist Victoire Gonzalvez. The blue reference color of the exhibition title circulates between different liquids, screen backgrounds, household products and a tropical blue gustatory fantasy. Victoire Gonzalvez activates the shared exhibition space as an intermediary space, whose elements are maintained and regularly modified by the fictional character … Synthesized blue: cleaner
„Interior of someone looking to be home. bed – „Koulitch“ next to the bed – „Minnie“ table – „Note“ chair – „Butt flies“ fridge – „Dolphin“ on top of the fridge – „Pickles“ Note to the public for the end of residency‘s exhibition „Get in meine Süße“, Raumstation, Stuttgart, 2022
A Marseille soap pharmacy box contains a caterpillar made in sugar. This receptacle promises the possibility of a cure.
In October 2020, the artistic duo Farès Hadj-Sadok and Victoire Gonzalvez begins with the project “Sent with Love”. Love letters were exchanged by the Post office containing artworks.
I collected images of objects without any packaging and indication of their function from factories and bazaars.
Sintafoam Diary is a solo exhibition nourished by encounters of different trades who have in common the production of simulacra. “Sintafoam” refers to a resin prized in the toy industry for its ability to imitate other materials. The installation is an outcome of my visit in a special effect company, interviews with a food stylist … Sintafoam Diary
Dame Tartine is a sculpture made entirely in butter, a formless material with variable consistency. It is named after a palace in Mirapolis theme park constructed in Courdimanche in 1987, a sculpture that reflects the materiality of butter.
A reliquary was designed for an orthopedic shoe sole. This object is produced in mass, but it has nevertheless become charged with a new presence. It is a prosthesis, an extension of the body, which therefore meets the definition of a relic.
Joan Glory Peel (2018-2020) is a design fiction project of a synthetic silicone hymens line which comes in four versions: “Imperforate“ “Media Luna“ “Once Upon“ and “Natural Beauty “. Each object is inspired by a current open trade codes: an outcome of an investigation inside a “newfound virginity” market.
A special effects team wants to know what material gelatin, wax, butter etc. will be the more like to represent a punctured eye. The film shows the deconstruction of a special effect, each of the four performers has a precise role in the chain action: the Drill punches the eye, the Prosthesis Holder places the … Zombie Flesh Eater’s Making Of
“Support” is a series of three artworks that begins in 2016. These projects have in common the exploration of a manufactured techniques (engraving, slicing, transferring) on a smooth surface modified by the gesture.
