Limited Edition:
Fourth edition (2021), expanded edition with texts in English.
Conceived as a "bio-monograph", this catalogue offers a unique insight into the life
and the work of French artist, sculptor and ceramicist Valentine Schlegel.
It presents an important iconography, archives and texts of the
sculptor and Schlegel specialist, Hélène Bertin. \n \nValentine Schlegel has
developed his daily artistic practice, constantly evolving, between
Paris and Sète. Like a Swiss army knife, she ended up mastering several
techniques, producing everyday objects with sculptural forms, such as
wooden cutlery, ceramic vases, leather bags and fireplaces
in plaster. Designed without inherent hierarchy, and often in collaboration with the
friends of the artist, this body of work is composed of objects of sizes and
of various uses, from the fantastic to the everyday. Schlegel also created
many architectural plaster elements intended for the interior of
houses. Because of their immovable character, these sculptures of life
daily life are also the reason why Schlegel's work has remained
little known. If it were not aimed only at the world of art exhibitions
Through her work, she nevertheless participated in historical events in
Museum of Decorative Arts at a time when the Pompidou Center did not exist. \n
\nToday, through Schlegel's practice, this publication, conceived
as a "bio-monograph" dedicated to Valentine Schlegel, seeks to highlight
light of other art addresses. With iconography and archives
unpublished, biographical notes written by Hélène Bertin which allow the
reader to better understand Schlegel and his approach, this monograph by
reference documents for the first time all the chimneys that Valentine
Schlegel made for private individuals - around a hundred from 1959 to 2002. The
Other aspects of his work are also discussed in order to understand
his entire practice, closely linked to his way of life, where questions
of production autonomy and friendship are central. \n \n
