States of Grace

2015



States of Grace is a series of video works which associate excerpts of Rear Window and paintings reprenting Madonna and Child by Leonardo da Vinci. Each of them creates a dialogue of almost twenty minutes between the shots of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie and one of the works of the Italian painter. Built after the same scene between Jeff and Lisa Fremont at the beginning of the film, they can be considered, as underlined by the title of the series, as a tribute to Princess Grace of Monaco. While celebrating her beauty, they contribute, in their own way, to put her life in pespective by invinting her to embody various figures of the painter.

In the continuation of the themes of these different bodies of works, the editings propose a series of reflections on the principle of Stendhalian crystallization and the consequences, for a couple, of access to maternity. They point the filters of perception which lead to desire, the problems of contradictory aspirations inside a couple, as well as the consequences of the intrusion of a third individuality which can replay the nature of the relationship and its fragile balance. This intrusion reflects clearly the intrusion of the viewer glance inside the works and its faculty to open new perspectives in the process of analyses.

The series gathers seven video editings which combine video to wine degustation.

States of Grace 6
(2015)

States of Grace 5
(2015)

States of Grace 4
(2015)

States of Grace 3
(2015)

States of Grace 2 bis
(2015)

States of Grace 2
(2015)

States of Grace 1
(2015)

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