However, far from being made in tribute, Sylvie Fleury's pieces are a critique of these values and a condemnation of them. Using the computer command "Yes To All" as a motif, Fleury's artwork presents the audience with a denunciation of gendered consumption and superficial obsession with luxury goods.
«There was a while, during the early 2000s or so, when every time I looked at shop windows I thought that the people creating the windows had been flipping through my catalogues and become inspired by my mixing of fashion and art. »
Sylvie Fleury
Drawing obvious inspiration from
appropriationist artists Marcel Duchamp and
Andy Warhol, Fleury's use of the very pieces she condemns, from high heels to gold trash cans, is subversive, in the same ve
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However, far from being made in tribute, Sylvie Fleury's pieces are a critique of these values and a condemnation of them. Using the computer command "Yes To All" as a motif, Fleury's artwork presents the audience with a denunciation of gendered consumption and superficial obsession with luxury goods.
«There was a while, during the early 2000s or so, when every time I looked at shop windows I thought that the people creating the windows had been flipping through my catalogues and become inspired by my mixing of fashion and art. »
Sylvie Fleury
Drawing obvious inspiration from
appropriationist artists Marcel Duchamp and
Andy Warhol, Fleury's use of the very pieces she condemns, from high heels to gold trash cans, is subversive, in the same vein as the pieces produced by her two predecessors. Finding examples of this Geneva resident takes minimal effort for she has pieces in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, as well as the Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe and the famousMuseum der Moderne. At 55,art lovers can be assured of a great deal more from this celebrated commentator on modern culture. After all, consumerism does not seem to be disappearing anytime soon, which means neither will Sylvie Fleury. (
Artist website)
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