×

Subscribe to our newsletter

Highlights From the Previous Week, Partnered Events and Haikus. View our Newsletter archive

Simone Pheulpin’s World of Folds

The textile sculptor is presenting a series of raw cotton pieces in Within the Folds, a new retrospective exhibition at the Expiatory Chapel in Paris

Scroll right to read more ›
Text by Rab Messina

There’s something obsessive in the breathtaking work of Simone Pheulpin: the clarity and yet, the unpredictability of the countless folds inside her patterns, make for some intriguing textile sculptures.

And now, as a result of winning the second edition of the Creator’s Award of the Ateliers d’Art de France Foundation, Pheulpin is presenting the best of 30 years of craft in Within the Folds, a new retrospective exhibition at the Expiatory Chapel in Paris.

Some of her organic sculptures, made of stacked and twisted raw cotton, resemble sea shells; others transport the spectator to the inside of a wet-and-sun-dried book, while others bring to mind odd vegetal shapes —that evolution should make the effort to bring into existence in the natural environment.

“We decided to cast the spotlight on an original, unique personal technique with an apparently endless array of possibilities commensurate with the artist’s creativity,” explained the Foundation about their choice to celebrate the French artist’s work. Judging by the intricate beauty of pieces like Anfractuosité V and Accumulation, even that seems like an understatement.

Within the Folds is open until December 16, 2017

simone_pheulpin
Pheulpin in an image courtesy of Maison Parisienne.
simone_pheulpin
Accumulation. Image courtesy of Maison Parisienne.
simone_pheulpin
Anfractuosité (detail). Image by Sophie Bassouls.
simone_pheulpin
Babel. Image by Sophie Bassouls.
simone_pheulpin
Babel (detail). Image by Sophie Bassouls.
simone_pheulpin
Croissance IV. Image courtesy of Maison Parisienne.
simone_pheulpin
Eclipse IX. Image by Julien Cresp.
simone_pheulpin
Eclosion. Image courtesy of Maison Parisienne.
Back

Articles you also might like

Atelier Ace announces Ace Hotel Brooklyn, which brings together artists, narratives, and materials that speak to both the building site and the city. Opening summer 2021, the hotel showcases a textile and fibre art program with local artists.