CLAIRE TABOURET

In her figurative paintings, drawings and sculptures, Claire Tabouret scrutinises identity and takes a closer look at childhood and its enigmas, the individual isolated or within a group. Sometimes covered, made up or disguised, children and women with mute faces stand upright in front of the viewer like frozen frames. The recent immersive mural realised at Fabrègues Castle in the south of France is an example of the timeless and sometimes carnivalesque universe that the artist creates in her paintings.

Often coated with a primary fluorescent layer, and realised on large-scale canvas, her works, whose tonalities are sometimes dark and sometimes acidic, as in the ensemble of the Débutantes, exude theatrical enigma. Before the representation of groups and characters, which may recall those of Romantic painting, Claire Tabouret was often interested in aquatic diurnal and nocturnal landscapes. During this time, she notably realised the Maisons Inondées, the series which brought her to recognition, as well as the ensemble entitled Migrants. Originating in internet or archival found photographs, her canvases are tainted with personal experience, unfurling a universe of stories and memories.

Tabouret has recently presented solo exhibitions at Le Grand Palais, Paris, France; Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Reparade, France; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, US; Palazzo Cavanis (collateral event of the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale Di Venezia), Venice, Italy; Musée Picasso, Paris, France; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France; Collection Lambert, Avignon, France; YUZ Museum, Shanghai, China; as well as a two-person exhibition with Yoko Ono at Villa Medici, Rome, Italy. Among her recent group exhibitions are the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX, US; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, FL, US; Columbus Museum of Art, OH, US; and Bourse de Commerce, Paris, France, among others.

Her works are held in major public and private collections worldwide, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, US; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, FL, US; Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL, US; Dallas Museum of Art, TX, US; Columbus Museum of Art, OH, US; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; Pinault Collection, Paris, France; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar, Netherlands; and YUZ Museum, Shanghai, China, among others.