Jeanne Vicerial
Présences
TEMPLON presents for the first time the work of French artist, seamstress and researcher Jeanne Vicerial.
A resident of the prestigious Villa Medici program in Rome in 2020, Jeanne Vicerial, became, at not yet 30, the first French Phd Graduate in fashion design. Through her practice, she questions the mechanisms at work in the design of contemporary clothing and proposes an alternative to the Taylor-made/ready-to-wear dichotomy associated with fast-fashion culture.
Just like a runway show of static models, the exhibition unveils a dozen of sculptures of innovative textiles and textures, which are at the heart of current issues around ecology and the articulation between ready-to-wear and haute couture. In the Brussels space, her dresses created from a single thread of several hundred kilometers long, imitating muscle fiber, strangely echoe the human anatomy and seem to come to life. Baroque and unsettling, her creations forge unexpected links between design, crafts, fashion, arts and science, while to substantially redefining ideas about the body and clothing.
Armor n°2, 2020
The artist
Born in 1991, Jeanne Vicerial lives and works in Jura, France. After studying costume design and completing a Master's degree in Fashion Design at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2015, she became the first person in France to obtain a SACRe (Sciences, Arts, Création, Recherche), doctorate in 2019. She furthered her research by questioning the dichotomy between ready-to-wear and bespoke clothing, while also embarking on an artistic journey that led her to create the Clinique vestimentaire research and design studio. In addition to her personal creations, she has initiated numerous collaborations with artists from a variety of backgrounds. Her works were notably exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2018), in Rome (Villa Medici and Palazzo Farnese, 2020), at the Collection Lambert in Avignon (2021), at the Magasins Généraux in Pantin (2021), at the Basilique Saint-Denis (2022) and have recently been added to the collections of the Cnap (Centre national des arts plastiques) and the FRAC Auvergne. In 2024, she was invited to exhibit in dialogue with the paintings of Pierre Soulages at the Musée Soulages in Rodez. Jeanne Vicerial has participated in several group exhibitions, at the Maximiliansforum, Munich (2022), the Fondation Martell, Cognac (2022), the Ballroom Project, Antwerp (2022), the Maison Guerlain, Paris (2022), the Musée International des Arts Modestes in Sète (2023), the fondation Lafayette Anticipations (2023), the FRAC Auvergne (2023), the Musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand (2023) and the Triennale de Nîmes (2024).
