Isabelle Cornaro

Isabelle Cornaro

BornNationalityBased In
1974FrenchParis, Genève
Biography

Through painting, sculpture, installation and film, Isabelle Cornaro explores the ways history and culture affect contemporary society’s perception of reality. A trained art historian specialising in 16th century European Modernism, the artist developed a visual language with art historical references to a wide range of periods, from baroque to modernism. In her series of installations titled Paysage avec poussin et témoins, Cornaro deconstructs landscapes in paintings of 17th-century artist Nicolas Poussin. Through the use of pedestals and meticulous orchestration of the display of objects, pathways and shadows, she turns landscapes into three-dimensional installations, questioning their cultural and aesthetic value. Cornaro often works with found objects and their assigned symbolism in the Western power dynamics, cultural representation and art history, tracing and challenging ways they shape one’s understanding of the world. ...

Selected Artworks
God Box (column #3)
Isabelle Cornaro
God Box (column #3), 2014
66 x 274 x 66cm
Reproductions (Celebration, #4)
Isabelle Cornaro
Reproductions (Celebration, #4), 2018
180 x 300 x 6cm
Reproductions (Day for Night, #1)
Isabelle Cornaro
Reproductions (Day for Night, #1), 2018
180 x 300 x 6cm
Reproductions (Les deux soeurs / The Two Sisters, 1891)
Isabelle Cornaro
Reproductions (Les deux soeurs / The Two Sisters, 1891), 2019
75 x 125 x 2.5cm
Reproductions (Les deux soeurs / The Two Sisters, 1891)
Isabelle Cornaro
Reproductions (Les deux soeurs / The Two Sisters, 1891), 2019
75 x 125 x 2.5cm
Reproductions (Les licornes / The Unicorns, 1885)
Isabelle Cornaro
Reproductions (Les licornes / The Unicorns, 1885), 2019
75 x 125 x 2.5cm
Reproductions (Les licornes / The Unicorns, 1885)
Isabelle Cornaro
Reproductions (Les licornes / The Unicorns, 1885), 2019
75 x 125 x 2.5cm
Streams II (#6, Aluminum)
Isabelle Cornaro
Streams II (#6, Aluminum), 2019
116.5 x 22.5 x 11.5cm
Streams II (#4, Aluminum)
Isabelle Cornaro
Streams II (#4, Aluminum), 2019
150 x 22.5 x 11.5cm
Streams II (#11, Aluminum)
Isabelle Cornaro
Streams II (#11, Aluminum), 2019
23 x 23 x 4cm
Untitled
Isabelle Cornaro
Untitled, 2019
22.5 x 22.5 x 7.4cm
Séquence III #1
Isabelle Cornaro
Séquence III #1, 2021
115 x 40cm
Séquence III #2
Isabelle Cornaro
Séquence III #2, 2021
160 x 40cm
Séquence III #3
Isabelle Cornaro
Séquence III #3, 2021
270 x 40cm
Golden Memories (Yellow #5)
Isabelle Cornaro
Golden Memories (Yellow #5), 2016
200 x 130 x 4cm
Biennals
Sharjah Biennale2011 - Sharjah
Sharjah Biennale2011 - Sharjah
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