Caroline Achaintre's 'Permanente' at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
Caroline Achaintre (Toulouse, 1950) presents 'Permanente' at Fondazione Giuliani in Rome, featuring tapestries, ceramics, drawings, and wicker sculptures. The exhibition highlights her animist approach, with works like 'Louis Q.'—a wool quilted tapestry made during lockdown, inspired by plague doctor masks. Ceramics exhibit fetish aesthetics with iridescent scales, wrinkles, and baroque protrusions. Ink and watercolor drawings evoke Rorschach tests, horror films, and heavy metal. Three wicker sculptures, crafted with Montpellier artisans, create optical tunnels. The show is part of a cycle spanning Belvedere 21 Vienna, MO.CO Montpellier, and concluding at CAPC Bordeaux, supported by Fondazione Nuovi Mecenati.
Key facts
- Caroline Achaintre's exhibition 'Permanente' at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2020.
- Work 'Louis Q.' is a wool quilted tapestry made during lockdown, referencing plague doctor masks.
- Ceramics feature fetish aesthetics with scales, wrinkles, and baroque protrusions.
- Ink and watercolor drawings are influenced by Rorschach tests, horror films, and heavy metal.
- Three wicker sculptures were made with Montpellier artisans, creating optical tunnels.
- Exhibition is part of a cycle including Belvedere 21 Vienna, MO.CO Montpellier, and CAPC Bordeaux.
- Supported by Fondazione Nuovi Mecenati, Rome.
- Artist Caroline Achaintre was born in Toulouse in 1950.
Entities
Artists
- Caroline Achaintre
Institutions
- Fondazione Giuliani
- Belvedere 21
- MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain
- CAPC Bordeaux
- Fondazione Nuovi Mecenati
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Toulouse
- France
- Vienna
- Austria
- Montpellier
- Bordeaux