SylC
Artist / Painter, Sculptor
Born in 1973 in Paris, France.
Graduated in 1996 from Ecole Olivier de Serres, Paris, France.
SylC paints, draws and sculpts the human figure which invariably constitutes the center of her researches. From the beginning of 2010, she devotes a large part of her work to several thematic projects often realized simultaneously; the series “Mothers” (2011-2013), “La ronde des chiens fous” (2013-2015), “Le parfum des saisons” (2013-2015) and “Human Birds” (2013-2016) will emerge.
SylC collaborates with galleries in France, Europe and USA, presenting her works through solo and groups exhibitions. On the initiative of public institutions, she was invited to exhibit her work in historical places such as the Chapel and Cloister of “les Dames Blanches” (City of La Rochelle), “la Chapelle des Jesuites” (City of Chaumont-sur-Marne) or “Le Château d’Eau” (City of Bourges).
Present in public collections (City of La Rochelle, City of Le Mans), SylC has won several awards in Switzerland and France. Four monographs have been published on her work, including the last two in 2015 and 2016.
SylC
Artist / Painter, Sculptor
Born in 1973 in Paris, France.
Graduated in 1996 from Ecole Olivier de Serres, Paris, France.
SylC paints, draws and sculpts the human figure which invariably constitutes the center of her researches. From the beginning of 2010, she devotes a large part of her work to several thematic projects often realized simultaneously; the series “Mothers” (2011-2013), “La ronde des chiens fous” (2013-2015), “Le parfum des saisons” (2013-2015) and “Human Birds” (2013-2016) will emerge.
SylC collaborates with galleries in France, Europe and USA, presenting her works through solo and groups exhibitions. On the initiative of public institutions, she was invited to exhibit her work in historical places such as the Chapel and Cloister of “les Dames Blanches” (City of La Rochelle), “la Chapelle des Jesuites” (City of Chaumont-sur-Marne) or “Le Château d’Eau” (City of Bourges).
Present in public collections (City of La Rochelle, City of Le Mans), SylC has won several awards in Switzerland and France. Four monographs have been published on her work, including the last two in 2015 and 2016.
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Ed Ruscha / Now ThenSep 10, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024The Museum of Modern Art presents Ed Ruscha / Now Then, the most comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s work ever staged, and his first solo exhibition at the Museum, from September 10, 2023, through January 13, 2024. Organized in close collaboration with the artist and mirroring his own cross-disciplinary approach, the exhibition will feature over 200 works, (more…)
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Ana Cavagna MartinezArtistAna Cavagna Martinez is an Argentinian artist, continuously inspired by nature, books and her philosophical studies. She has spent the last 20 years out of Buenos Aires, going through trips and moving all around the world. (more…)
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The Violence of Handwriting Across a PageJenny Holzer & Louise BourgeoisTwo of the most original artists of the postwar period, Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) and Jenny Holzer (b. 1950), meet in this exceptional artist’s book conceived and designed by Holzer to accompany the Bourgeois exhibition she has curated at the Kunstmuseum Basel. (more…)
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RegenerateJun 23 – Dec 10, 2023With REGENERATE as its theme, the 2023 festival brings together works that explore the changes modern society must face. Where people in today’s world experience a sense of being displaced, regeneration means seeing ourselves and the world as built around reciprocal relationships that benefit all parties. (more…)
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Omar Barquet: The Passage of Amnesia. Ghost Variations, 1st RegressionSep 12 – Nov 25, 2023With this, his first solo exhibition in Berlin, the Mexican artist Omar Barquet brings together new works with autofictional elements, which he stages in a tri-partite room installation through which viewers will circulate. Over the years, Barquet has assembled albums in a journal-like process. (more…)
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The Last HumansAlienation in the AnthropoceneWe have fundamentally altered the earth’s ecosystem by disrupting the natural rhythm of our planet and in doing so have created a new chapter in the evolution of Earth and a new stage of uncertainty. (more…)
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Stranger in the VillageSep 3, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024In his famous text Stranger in the Village, the US-American writer James Baldwin addressed the racism that informed his stay in Switzerland in the 1950s. Baldwin’s words continue to inspire many artists to this day. They hold up a mirror to us as a society and have lost none of their relevance. (more…)
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LOVE: Still Not the LesserAug 16 – Dec 22, 2023“Has everyone been in love? Not on the basis of the evidence. If they have, they’ve forgotten it. If everyone had been in love, they’d treat their children differently. They’d treat each other differently.” –James Baldwin, from “Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris,” 1970 (more…)
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Emilio Prini: …E PriniOct 27, 2023 – Mar 31, 2024…E Prini is the most extensive exhibition ever dedicated to the work of Emilio Prini (Stresa, 1943–Rome, 2016). Comprising of over 250 works, the exhibition project, realized in collaboration with the Archivio Emilio Prini, is conceived according to a chronological path which spans fifty years, from 1966 to 2016, to reconstruct the work of one of Italy’s most complex and enigmatic artistic figures from the recent past, whose work has not been fully surveyed to this day. (more…)
