Valérie du Chéné

*A pas chassés*, 2019

gouache on paper, 20,5 x 31 cm

photo credit: Valerie du Chéné

*Porte à faux* , 2018

screen printing on paper, 70 x 102 cm, production: Institut supérieur des arts de Toulouse. The sentence comme from a Le Corbusier's text (Communication to the Volta Meeting in Rome at 1936, published in "Le Corbusier et P. Jeanneret" 7eme série), Old collection library at Institut supérieur des arts de Toulouse

photo credit: Christine Sibran

Valérie du Chéné develops her practice of painting, installation, volume and drawing around three major topics: colour, our relationship to others, and the way in which we experience space.
Her work, which she presents both on a large scale (in exhibition spaces and in the public space in the form of wall paintings or installations) and in more intimate expressions, such as drawings, gouaches or objects, embraces a variety of configurations in which language happens to be a constant yet discreet presence.
The gestures of uncovering and covering are present throughout her practice, whether from a physical point of view (covering surfaces in paint to make them visible) or a symbolic one (uncovering the truths and mechanisms of life).
She has collaborated with the historian Arlette Farge for many years, building a conversation around text and image, and for some years now with the artist Régis Pinault on several projects involving cinema, volume work and painting.

Translated by Lucy Pons, 2021

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Biographical notes translated with the support of the Centre national des arts plastiques – Cnap.