Anita Molinero's Three-Act Sculpture at Galerie Alain Gutharc

Anita Molinero's second exhibition at Galerie Alain Gutharc in Paris, from September 12 to November 7, 2009, presents a three-act sculptural drama. Act 1 features a burst tire perforated with yellow cones. Act 2 shows burned car headlights mounted on a rusty grid or melted onto concrete. Act 3 displays fur remnants soaked in acrylic and dotted with confetti. The exhibition shifts the viewer's gaze from the monumental collapsed red dumpsters of her previous work at Force de l'Art to small animal skins. The opening crash of black tire and yellow cones carries explicit sexual physicality, distinct from the aestheticized crash of J.G. Ballard or David Cronenberg. Molinero collects discarded materials from scrapyards and Emmaüs centers without seeking redemption or recycling. She pushes materials to their limits, hystericizing them to extract their essence: red lights reddened by fire, fur pieces evoking squashed cats or deceased bourgeois drawers. The works are hung on rusty rods, creating a mosaic/bas-relief effect for the headlights and a wardrobe of memories for the fur tails. The exhibition's highlight is a grill-like structure in the basement, evoking a body in a morgue, recalling a glowing grid upstairs. Laurent Goumarre reviews the show. Another concurrent exhibition is at Frac Alsace, Sélestat, until February 7, 2010.