At a glance
Metal, bodies and intimate danger come together in sculptures that make beauty feel simultaneously seductive, vulnerable and threatening.
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Give the sculptures physical space. Their tension often depends on the relationship between delicacy and aggression.
★★★★½ A serious rediscovery.
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The first retrospective of Cathy de Monchaux brings together around 50 works from 1984 to today. Sculpture, drawing and installation move between seduction and danger, delicacy and aggression, while the body, motherhood and vulnerability repeatedly surface beneath elaborate materials.
About the artist
Cathy de Monchaux (b. 1960) is a British sculptor whose highly crafted works combine metal, textile and organic forms to explore desire, gender, bodily vulnerability and psychological tension.
Cathy de Monchaux — Studio, Wounds and Battles, Desire Is the Reiteration of Hope
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