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Frédérique FLEURY
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Frédérique FLEURY
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Estimate €35,000 - €45,000
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Description
Frédérique FLEURY
Black is black 2 - 2026
Unfired black stoneware, glazes and steel
Incised signature, title and date
195 × 100 × 100 cm
Unfired black stoneware, glazes and steel; incised signature, title and date
76.7 × 39.7 × 39.7 in
Provenance: Artist’s studio
Exhibitions: Téléscopage#3, June–July 2026, Galerie Houg, Lyon
Born in 1957 in Grenoble, Frédérique Fleury lives and works in Lyon and Aigueperse in the Haut Beaujolais. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence and Lyon. Her work explores space and its boundaries, the frame and its overflow. Her compositions oscillate between geometry and exuberant forms; colour and pattern, combined with an examination of hierarchies in art: major/minor, moving beyond traditional distinctions such as fine art and decorative art. In some works, she combines textiles and sewing with ceramics, creating a dialogue between their materials and techniques. In her stoneware sculptures, volumes come together or reveal openings. Braids, sinuous lines and repeated reliefs enliven the surfaces, sometimes evoking seams or ornamentation. These forms invite the eye to wander and discover the relationship between solids, voids and details.
In her black stoneware pieces, the material reveals a range of shades. The matt finish of the raw clay contrasts with the lustre of the glazed sections, which catch the light depending on the viewing angle. This play of reflections may bring to mind Pierre Soulages’ ‘Outrenoirs’, whilst forming part of a sculptural language in which Frédérique Fleury uses black as a canvas for exploring forms, textures and light.
Frédérique FLEURY
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