Lise Stoufflet — À propos — Slash Paris

Intriguing and sometimes disconcerting, the work of Lise Stoufflet does not leave indifferent. A disturbing beauty emerges from her works on canvas in an apparent classical style but in which some ambiguities arise. The most remarkable is the presence of elements (ribbons, ceramics, sculptures, …) that extend the painted motif out of the flat surface of the canvas in the gallery space. These materializations are for the artist, goings and comings between fiction and reality.

The point of view slightly against-diving intensifies the strangeness of the composition as his “photographic” framing gives the viewer the feeling of being deprived of some understanding elements. A deprivation which is underlined by the figure of childhood and play, recurring themes in the works of Lise Stoufflet. Attend a game without understanding the rules, without being able to guess the dimensions, positions the viewer in a situation and a sense of exclusion.

text by Point Contemporary
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