Charlotte Moth's Kaleidoscopic Thought at Parc Saint Léger
At Parc Saint Léger, Charlotte Moth's exhibition weaves a labyrinthine path connecting Max Ernst to Donatello, Barbara Hepworth to Claude Parent. Ten display cases from her series Choreography of the Image: Inserts (substitute) physically and conceptually frame the show, presenting photographs from her ongoing Travelogue (1999–present). These images form a Warburgian atlas of domestic spaces, telluric landscapes, geometric objects, and architecture. Moth's film Filmic Sketches documents Barbara Hepworth's abandoned studio, while Lurking Sculptures reincarnates Hepworth's plants in 3D. Backdrops features a wheeled table reflecting a paper sky. The film The Story of a Different Thought explores empty modernist corridors. Light Structure projects colored halos onto a dance floor without dancers, referencing a disused nightclub at the park entrance. Scattered hands of children drawing appear in Filmic Sketches, while Living Images shows hands emerging from a wall holding a glass lens and a door handle. As sunlight shifts, reflective surfaces and filters on windows transform the park into an aged photograph, emphasizing the works' temporal depth and ongoing reconfiguration.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
- Features Choreography of the Image: Inserts (substitute) display cases
- Travelogue photographic series ongoing since 1999
- References Max Ernst, Donatello, Barbara Hepworth, Claude Parent
- Filmic Sketches documents Hepworth's abandoned studio
- Lurking Sculptures reincarnates Hepworth's plants in 3D
- Backdrops is a wheeled table with a paper sky reflection
- The Story of a Different Thought film shows empty modernist corridors
- Light Structure projects colored halos referencing a disused nightclub
- Living Images shows hands holding a lens and door handle
Entities
Artists
- Charlotte Moth
- Max Ernst
- Donatello
- Barbara Hepworth
- Claude Parent
Institutions
- Parc Saint Léger
- artpress
Locations
- Pougues-les-Eaux
- France
Sources
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