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Mireille Blanc's "Le gateau de S" presents a dynamic composition dominated by earthy tones and smudged textures. The painting depicts a partially abstracted slice of cake on a decorated plate, abstractly rendered with expressive brushstrokes and thick impasto, blurring the distinction between subject and background. Blanc's style merges realism with abstraction, using distortion and ambiguity to evoke nostalgia and reflect on themes of memory and the ephemeral nature of everyday objects. Her intention is to explore how mundane items can hold emotional resonance while maintaining an elusive quality. ...
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Mireille Blanc's paintings reveal our relationship with obsolescence, affectivity and memory. Working mainly with photographic documents from albums, archives or photographs that she recreates, the artist draws elements, fragments and details from the everyday and the banal, objects that both disturb and fascinate her. While the meaning of the objects in Blanc's paintings is often blurred, the subjects elude us and are placed at a distance.