La Plante pieuvre
2015
acrylic on canvas
219 x 149 centimeters
Unique
Claire Tabouret's new canvases follow on from Les Amazones (The Amazons), which play with the idea of a heroic feminine figure by breaking down gender stereotypes. Here, the solitary figures are masked heroines, bathed in an arid, lunar light. As prisoners of their heroine costumes, they vacillate between freedom and constraint, wavering between power and submission. Gaze forms a central part of Claire Tabouret's works, and is highlighted by the masks worn by the characters, thus revealing their ambiguity. Tabouret depicts female heroes, a category which has always been under-represented, by transposing the heroic masculine figure onto a female character who is equally heroic. These solitary figures progress through a landscape which is both physical and mental, and represents a new territory to conquer. As a contemporary Isabelle Eberhardt, a free mind and female adventurer who used to dress up as a man to travel freely, one of the major inspiration for the artist, Claire TABOURET courageously invests a "gender", figurative painting, which has been lately left aside and focuses on the figure of feminine hero.
Le Masque magique
2015
acrylic and glitter on canvas
30.5 x 22.5 centimeters
Unique
Claire Tabouret's new canvases follow on from Les Amazones (The Amazons), which play with the idea of a heroic feminine figure by breaking down gender stereotypes. Here, the solitary figures are masked heroines, bathed in an arid, lunar light. As prisoners of their heroine costumes, they vacillate between freedom and constraint, wavering between power and submission. Gaze forms a central part of Claire Tabouret's works, and is highlighted by the masks worn by the characters, thus revealing their ambiguity. Tabouret depicts female heroes, a category which has always been under-represented, by transposing the heroic masculine figure onto a female character who is equally heroic. These solitary figures progress through a landscape which is both physical and mental, and represents a new territory to conquer. As a contemporary Isabelle Eberhardt, a free mind and female adventurer who used to dress up as a man to travel freely, one of the major inspiration for the artist, Claire TABOURET courageously invests a "gender", figurative painting, which has been lately left aside and focuses on the figure of feminine hero.
Les Masques (de profil)
2015
acrylic on canvas
55 x 46 centimeters
Unique
Claire Tabouret's new canvases follow on from Les Amazones (The Amazons), which play with the idea of a heroic feminine figure by breaking down gender stereotypes. Here, the solitary figures are masked heroines, bathed in an arid, lunar light. As prisoners of their heroine costumes, they vacillate between freedom and constraint, wavering between power and submission. Gaze forms a central part of Claire Tabouret's works, and is highlighted by the masks worn by the characters, thus revealing their ambiguity. Tabouret depicts female heroes, a category which has always been under-represented, by transposing the heroic masculine figure onto a female character who is equally heroic. These solitary figures progress through a landscape which is both physical and mental, and represents a new territory to conquer. As a contemporary Isabelle Eberhardt, a free mind and female adventurer who used to dress up as a man to travel freely, one of the major inspiration for the artist, Claire TABOURET courageously invests a "gender", figurative painting, which has been lately left aside and focuses on the figure of feminine hero.
Les Masques (noir)
2015
acrylic on canvas
55 x 46 centimeters
Unique
Claire Tabouret's new canvases follow on from Les Amazones (The Amazons), which play with the idea of a heroic feminine figure by breaking down gender stereotypes. Here, the solitary figures are masked heroines, bathed in an arid, lunar light. As prisoners of their heroine costumes, they vacillate between freedom and constraint, wavering between power and submission. Gaze forms a central part of Claire Tabouret's works, and is highlighted by the masks worn by the characters, thus revealing their ambiguity. Tabouret depicts female heroes, a category which has always been under-represented, by transposing the heroic masculine figure onto a female character who is equally heroic. These solitary figures progress through a landscape which is both physical and mental, and represents a new territory to conquer. As a contemporary Isabelle Eberhardt, a free mind and female adventurer who used to dress up as a man to travel freely, one of the major inspiration for the artist, Claire TABOURET courageously invests a "gender", figurative painting, which has been lately left aside and focuses on the figure of feminine hero.
