Sylvie Fleury
Encyclopedia
Sylvie Fleury is a Swiss contemporary pop
artist employing sculpture
, mixed media. Her work addresses the issues of shopping, and the paradigm of the new age
. Born 1961, Geneva
. Critics have labeled her work "post-appropriationist," and her books The art of survival, First Spaceship on Venus and Other Vehicles, and Parkett #58 (with Jason Rhoades
and James Rosenquist
), have been featured internationally.
Main info site
an interview
on artnet
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
artist employing sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, mixed media. Her work addresses the issues of shopping, and the paradigm of the new age
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
. Born 1961, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
. Critics have labeled her work "post-appropriationist," and her books The art of survival, First Spaceship on Venus and Other Vehicles, and Parkett #58 (with Jason Rhoades
Jason Rhoades
Jason Rhoades was an installation artist who enjoyed critical acclaim, if not widespread public recognition, at the time of his death, and who was eulogized by some critics as one of the most significant artists of his generation...
and James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist is an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement.-Background and education:...
), have been featured internationally.
Selected works
- Coco, 1990
- Bedroom ensemble, 1997
- London, 1991
- Skin Crime no. 6, 1997
- Pleasures, 2001
- 400 Pontiac, 1999
- Here comes Santa / Bells (IX), 2003
- Monolith, 2005
- Prada Alfissima
- Stolen Kisses for Dom Pérignon, 2008
External links
Gallery piecesMain info site
an interview
on artnet
- The Neons project by the FMAC FCAC, on the Plaine de Plainpalais
- Sylvie Fleury at Sprüth Magers Berlin LondonSprüth Magers Berlin LondonSprüth Magers is a commerical art gallery owned by Monika Spüth and Philomene Magers, with spaces in London and Berlin, representing such artists including Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Andreas Gursky, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and Rosemarie Trockel...