French artist Claire Tabouret ventures back home to the South of France in a new solo exhibition at Château La Coste. Produced in collaboration with Manufacture de Sèvres, L’Éloquence des Larmes (The Eloquence of Tears) provides a new terrain for Tabouret, who is globally recognized for her gestural portrait paintings depicting tales of the sea, youth and self, as she continues to experiment with ceramic vessels that are centered around the theme of womanhood.
Having just given birth to her second child, Tabouret conceived the concept of her new show whilst pregnant. “The women Claire Tabouret represents mourn the loss of a child,” wrote Château La Coste, which also doubles as a vineyard and restaurant. “For this series, Claire Tabouret summoned the weeping, mother figure in the history of ancient art. Resolutely rooted in contemporary history, the cries of these women echo an increasingly violent global context.”
Represented by French galleries Almine Rech and Perrotin, Tabouret has shown a meteoric rise in the contemporary art space over the past 10 years. Her intimate portraiture often depicts solemn figures or groups of children as an exploration into the constant transformation of self. By working in ceramics, Tabouret believes the change in medium will ultimately reciprocate back into her painting practice. “There’s a relationship to volume that makes me think of painting differently,” she previously said in an interview. “There are more and more invisible elements turning up…”
The Eloquence of Tears is on view at Château La Coste until September 2024.
Château La Coste
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