art de faire, crafting the everyday
“ Le quotidien est parsemé de merveilles, écume aussi éblouissante (…) que celle des écrivains ou des artistes. Sans nom propre, toutes sortes de langages donnent lieu à ces fêtes éphémères qui surgissent, disparaissent et reprennent “. Michel de Certeau, La Culture au pluriel, 1974.
Right: Merveilles, 2003. Table piece. Food packaging, rubber bands, glue, bespoke wooden box. 0m09 H x 0m22 W x 0m15 D. Photo © FXP Photography, London.
bricolage brings together artworks and installations that Françoise Dupré made earlier in her practice. They continue to be highly relevant to the artist’s concern with the transformativity of art making. The tension between the real and the poetic remaining an ongoing preoccupation for the artist. Another source of inspiration is her father’s inventiveness in the making of bird shelters and other poetic DIY gestures.
La grande cour, Buthiers, Île-de-France. Bird shelters and other bricolages by Jacques Dupré, circa 1995. Photo © Françoise Dupré
Françoise Dupré 