Marlène Mocquet: Selected works, 2018-2022
Marlène Mocquet, born in Maisons-Alfort in 1979, currently lives and works in Paris. After graduating from l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, she established herself as a recognized artist with her paintings and ceramic sculptures, which shape a peculiar, hectic world. There is something surrealist and fairytale-like about the enchanting bestiary of Marlène Mocquet. Her ambiguous creatures, both threatening and jovial, suggest the naivety of childhood and a more disturbing world at the same time. The work of Marlène Mocquet is characterized by close attention to materials: the vibrant colors are dribbling and overflowing. Her horrific birds, deformed animals, and nightmarish characters stare at you with round eyes as each artwork tells a story.
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- (photos 1-5) Exhibition at Julio Gonzales Art center, Arcueil, France, 2021. Photo © Thibault Hazelzet
- Pommes d’amours, pommes fatales, 2020, chacune, grés émaillé, lustre or et platine, oeil de verre, chaine en laiton, 18x13x17 cm. Photo © Rebecca Fanuele, courtesy galerie EAST
- L’arbre bougie, 2020, grés émaillé, porcelaine émaillée, chaîne laiton, oeil de verre, 135x90x80 cm. Courtesy galerie EAST
- Longue Vue, permanent installation at GGL Fondation. Photo © Aloïs Aurelle
- Cadran Alimentaire, 151x97x105cm. Courtesy Pinault collection
- Ascendance exhibition, Joseph-Déchelette Museum, Roanne, France, 2023
- Melchior, Jules, Hilaire, 2018, 66×40 cm. Photo © Thibault Hazelzet, courtesy galerie EAST
- Cimetiere Des Elephants, 2020, Grès émaillé, lustre. Courtesy galerie EAST
- Vénus aux pommes, 2018, porcelaine émaillée, lustre, 40x32x24 cm. Photo © Rebecca Fanuele, courtesy galerie EAST
- Moi en Champignon Atomique Aux Objets Precieux, 2022, Grés émaillé, lustre or et platine, 80×54 cm. Courtesy galerie EAST
- Vase aux fleurs. Photo © Rebecca Fanuele, courtesy galerie EAST
