Bénédicte Lobelle

Benedicte Lobelle (°1966) experiments with different materials and techniques. She once painted the sentence “You cannot keep spring from coming” on Caroline’s old Delvaux handbag because of the “force of nature” the artist saw Caroline as. At this current exhibition, Lobelle shows a dress on which a patchwork of small paintings on pieces of fabric is sewn, accompanied by ceramic works handling the same theme. Lobelle filmed how she puts on this ritual robe to honour “bloom” while becoming one with it – the bloom in the garden and the blossoming within and between people. In addition, the artist shows an abstract state of emotions through old computer work and a bit of nature through small bronzes: a strawberry, a tree, and a rose.