Isabella Ducrot is obsessed with beauty that can be found in even the most mundane of everyday objects. Her works are like praise songs, seemingly light but cutting to the essence of life itself. Ducrot uses both textiles and paper as a medium, which she has collected from her travels throughout Asia. The material, its flaws and qualities, become part of the image and are presented as pure matter that needs no further embellishment. Flower still-lifes, landscapes, loving couples, garments—these are Ducrot’s themes—simple, yet all-encompassing. It is this certain innocence inherent to her practice, which allows Ducrot’s works to speak for themselves.
Ducrot currently has a solo exhibition at Museo della Civiltà, Rome. Recent solo exhibitions include Le Consortium, Dijon; MAXXI Taormina, Villa San Michele; San Giuseppe alle Scalze a Pontecorvo, Naples; Spazio Parlato, Palermo; and Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples. In 1993 and 2011 she presented her work at the Venice Biennale.
[excerpted from Galerie Gisela Capitain website: www.galeriecapitain.de]
