Flowers Die Just Like Life Ends Both Fucking Beautiful

Marie Jacotey

Flowers Die Just Like Life Ends Both Fucking Beautiful, 201816.5 x 11cmSign in to view price
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Material
felt tip pen on japanese paper
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features a simple yet striking composition, with a bold yellow rectangle against a dark background. The text on the yellow rectangle provides a provocative and subversive message, juxtaposing the delicacy of flowers with a blunt and profane statement. This work exemplifies the irreverent and confrontational style often associated with contemporary art, challenging the viewer's perceptions and inviting reflection on the duality of life and beauty. The artist's intention appears to be to provoke an emotional response and prompt deeper contemplation on the human experience. ...

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Marie Jacotey
Artist
Marie Jacotey
French

Marie Jacotey draws inspiration from human interactions and the expression of emotions in various contexts, including architecture, landscape, and environment. Her paintings examine details such as wallpaper, furniture, clothes, patterns, patinas, and textures. Despite using manual techniques such as painting on plaster and dust sheets, making pencil drawings, using soft pastel on Japanese paper, and sewing fabrics, her pieces incorporate perspectives that allude to the realm of film, slow-motion, and the photographer's viewpoint. Jacotey's practice focuses more on lyrical expression rather than political commentary, featuring stylized visuals that tell personal, diary-like stories about relatable situations, sexuality, everyday relationships, and the female body. Her work conveys a narrative through accompanying fragments of text sourced from various places, including books by Henry Miller and snippets of conversations overheard in cafes or between friends. She also borrows imagery from Instagram, which is particularly noteworthy given the platform's role in shaping and reflecting how women experience and portray their lives online. ...

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Wild Love Me, 2018
52.2 x 41.3cm
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Flowers Die Just Like Life Ends Both Fucking Beautiful, 2018
16.5 x 11cm
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