{"product_id":"sylvie-fleury-double-positive","title":"SYLVIE FLEURY \/ Double Positive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvie Fleury\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Positive  \u003c\/em\u003e2022\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover with plastic outer-cover, 88 pages\u003cbr\u003e22 x 26cm\u003cbr\u003eJRP Editions, CH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_column-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of Sylvie Fleury’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Positive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexhibition at the Bechtler Stiftung in Zurich (October 2022–March 2023), this book offers an unprecedented insight into the artist’s 1990s fashion collection, which she confronts with Walter de Maria’s monumental\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 2000 Sculpture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1992). Eccentric avant-garde garments created by Thierry Mugler, Vivienne Westwood, and Jean Paul Gaultier have been shot for this publication through the museum window in front of one of the iconic works of Minimal art on permanent display at this institution. These fruitful yet challenging mises-en-scène are highly representative of Fleury’s practice in which accumulated relics of consumerism are transformed into historical objects worthy of display in the art world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_column-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_empty_space\"\u003eAs the exhibition curators state, “this site of contemplation is currently confronted with a provocative and unsettling encounter: Fleury’s installation of numerous garment racks containing her entire wardrobe from the past three decades.” They continue: “In her installation, Fleury debunks the tenets of the predominantly male art establishment with inimitable verve. Seen through the lens of Minimal art, the traces of a personal biography become a vulnerable act of self-exposure. Her title alludes to Michael Heizer’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Negative\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1969: land art consisting of two enormous trenches dug into the Nevada desert. Heizer’s work is about the displacement of material and the resulting negative space; de Maria’s large-scale installation is similarly overwhelming in volume, covering 500 square meters of museum space with standardized plaster rods. Fleury’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Positive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith numerous racks of identical generic black garment bags aesthetically mirrors the neighboring\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 2000 Sculpture\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_column-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vc_empty_space\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConceived as a fashion look book, featuring silhouettes styled by Ursina Gysi, photographs by Marc Asekhame, and annotations by fashion historian Matthew Linde, this publication takes us back to Fleury’s beginnings as an artist, recalling her landmark early 1990s artworks: unopened shopping bags filled with freshly acquired luxury products displayed as readymade sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SYLVIE FLEURY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46689572356377,"sku":"","price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/5024\/2841\/files\/5135n5STQVL._AC_UF894_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1693817366","url":"https:\/\/landslidebooksandobjects.com\/products\/sylvie-fleury-double-positive","provider":"Landslide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}