Exhibitions by Marie Piselli
L’ARTISTE
Marie Piselli is an established French visual artist who lives and works in Paris. Armed with her creative and artistic emotion facing the understanding of “Being in the world,” the artist has worked for many years to imagine Tomorrow. She observed our “human anthills,” our “urban cribs,” and built a dense and powerful artistic work about the human footprint. Her painting, stencils, felt-tip drawings, sculptures, installations, designs and unique jewellery pieces capture her inner feelings strength, and instil her philosophical reflections on moments in life. Her work is contemporary; her art appeals to our senses and inevitably draws us into the future. Her art tells of chosen moments, of intimate gestations with an apparent lightness, that are not at all innocent but raise questions and offer a genuine artistic exchange beyond the “now”.
Christian Le Dorze, fondateur du Bonisson Art Center
Exhibition “Let light be”
The premise of a creative act is destruction, the necessary first step towards total freedom of expression. The chisel, the powerful tool of a sculptor, is presented here in a resting position as a 2.5 metre ash wood bench that will offer visitors a place to sit and contemplate their inner creative force. Three shields are hung on the wall, respectfully celebrating the chisel destructive and creative power. Today, they represent a weapon against the war that strikes Europe; in solidarity with the martyred peoples, these precious and poetic shields symbolize the rediscovered Peace: in harmony, charged with hope, they repel the arrows of violence. They are made of ash wood and mother-of-pearl marquetry, produced in Sicily in a 5th generation Italian marquetry workshop. On the ground are the products of the chisel violent, primal creative act, above all poetic and filled with the mystery that the public will grant him. Shattered pieces of Carrare marble expose and support unique pieces of jewellery made in Paris in the secret workshop that produces French haute couture jewellery
Chisel – Marie Piselli
Exhibition Marie Piselli
Chisel
CHISEL allows the public to find proposals for non-conforming “off-beat and joyful” behaviors. I also hope for mutual enrichment where everyone can find the tools for critical thinking, an essential preamble to the alternating thoughts that are the basis for change; only change is constant in our lives.
These tools are symbolized by this object, light in color, free of all traces, and ready, symbolically, to help visitors search for “their” renewal to invent and sculpt.
CHISEL itself symbolizes a tool, a chisel (used in sculpture) helpful in breaking the encysted codes in a society that delivers ready-to-think and locks them up.
The audience can sit on the sculpture and imagine approaching this exit.
Schields
SHIELD is a symbol of rediscovered Peace. It diffuses the exit from confinement, joy, reconciliation, rebirth. It represents the symphony of the new world after the attack of viruses and wars. Unlike the others, this shield rejects the arrows that men are shooting at the planet to destroy it and destroy themselves.
SHIELD collects information about our troubled times, reclaims them, transforms them, and sends them back in a message of hope charged with positive waves.
SHIELD endless shield against endless negative emotions.
Shiel – Marie Piselli
Magic Eruption – Marie Piselli
Magic Eruption
Magic Eruption is a collection of limited-edition works of art magically transformed into exceptional jewellery. “Made from precious metals, they are intimate, rock punk, but also delicate and solid like me. They reflect my Parisian lifestyle, my feelings about the human drama unfolding in the 21st century, crushed by war, terrorism, the refugee crisis and the impending ecological catastrophe facing humanity. They are at once raw, poetic and delicate, yet symbolic and hopeful of human nature. They celebrate and complement a series of unique sculptures on these intimate and emotionally compelling subjects. For centuries, France has maintained a tradition of precious and luxurious craftsmanship. This is what I am trying to celebrate with subtlety in this work. This line of jewellery is created in a secret Parisian workshop that also supports the production of the most established French fashion houses”.
Each work of art is a limited edition of three pieces signed by the artist and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. They are produced in brass with a 24-carat gold or palladium finish.
Exhibition “Oui à la vie”
ARTISTIC CONCEPT
OUI is a Talisman, the new face of the post-Covid era, soothing and magical! OUI is a relay, an inspiring passage from amazement to action, towards harmony between man and nature. OUI is a symphony that reconciles us with our environment and with all the forces of the universe that dominate, nourish and protect us (an installation of 100 numbered OUI, moulded mineral sculptures in Baux stone, 14 cm x 5 cm). In a Europe plunged into a pandemic, one artist is fighting against the ready-made thinking of our society. She has created OUI, a work that acts as a shield against negative emotions. On the other side of the world, a geological explorer is relentlessly pursuing his search for deep water in the world’s most arid zones, where climate extremes are now reaching the heart of the most fragile states. He listens to the rocks and decodes their whispers, which tell the story of our evolution. In this moving and sensitive dialogue between science and poetry, Alain Gachet and Marie Piselli share their thirst for understanding this world. In a game of questions and answers, they bring to light a universe where man and nature cannot escape the logic of a dynamic equilibrium where nothing is given and everything has to be conquered. They compare their respective visions of human nature, reveal their personal rituals and tackle the subject of water, the primitive source of life that unites them and reconciles them with the world. Both offer the reader a glimpse of their journey, illuminated by a strange glimmer of optimism for the future in the words that emerge from the meeting of science and art.
The alliance between art and science
When a geologist and an artist join forces to prove that their fields of expertise overlap in many respects, a true harmony is created before our amazed eyes. In her works, Marie Piselli expresses all the poetry that Alain feels at the turn of a rift or a convergence of plates. We can’t help but admire the strength of spirit that drives them and brings them together.
An invitation to say yes
After having been confronted with natural disasters, the authors are now raising our awareness of devastated areas. By choosing to go and exorcise these sites marked by tragedy, they instil in us the will to act positively. They consecrate the omnipotence of life and urge us to rebuild a better world.
The discovery of an unknown people, who are nonetheless the custodians of our genetic heritage. In exchange for the water hidden in the ground, the Turkana people brought Alain Gachet the possibility of an alternative human nature. Contact with these nomads, forgotten by our modern society, is bound to win us over with profound respect.
“Oui à la vie” exhibition stand by Marie Piselli at Moderne Art Fair in 2022
