BAD + Bordeaux 2023
4 - 7th May 2023
Mireille Blanc
180 x 124 cm
Titled, dated, signed on the back (upper right)
Motif, 2019
Oil and spray on canvas180 x 124 cm
Titled, dated, signed on the back (upper right)
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MBL2019008
Motif is part of a group of paintings produced from photographs of sweat-shirts. Very typical of her work, the artist transforms the picture by playing on the scale ratio to provide a different angle. By the inclination of the focal length towards a close perspective and by enlarging the picture, Mireille Blanc subtly fades the subject out of the image, and constructs a filter between the artwork and the one who is looking at it. By blurring the inscription and the image's context, often old-fashion and kitsch, she focuses on the vagueness of the elements treated and plays on the enigmatic nature of subjects she encounters.