Muriel Rodolosse's Hybrid Paintings Question Taxonomy at Galerie Jean-Yves Franch Font

Muriel Rodolosse's exhibition 'no taxinomi(e)' at Galerie Jean-Yves Franch Font in Montpellier from April 15 to May 13, 2006, presents eight recent paintings (2005-2006) that continue her two-decade exploration of genre classification across human, animal, and plant kingdoms. The works, executed on plexiglass from the reverse side, feature hybrid figures, masked characters with inverted or indistinct genders, and references to South American mythologies. Rodolosse disrupts conventional erotic assemblages—such as woman and rabbit, sex and sting—and blurs boundaries between interior and exterior, with figures emerging from a milky white background or watery forests. The artist cites Apuleius's 'The Golden Ass' over Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' for its obscenity and unbridled sexuality. A diffuse menace pervades the grotesque, ambiguous masks, unsettling any complacent eroticism. The paintings are conceived as countdowns or tales, aiming to evoke a sexuality freed from archetypes.