Julie Maurin
About
Armed with a sneaky attitude, I explore mine and other people’s ongoing greediness, whilst always in search for intimacy. From bits and pieces, people and places - the universe and its disturbing strangeness become my authentic playground. Cutting, arranging, collaging together precarious materials at a slow pace, my process is tedious and never over.
born 07.11.1993
in Marseille (France)
education
2018 - 2020 ma sculpture royal college of art, london
2015 - 2017 ma accessories ensav la cambre, brussels
2015 - 2012 ba textile design ensba lyon, france
solo shows
2017
synthetic despair, 425 avenue louise, brussels
2016
mydriasis, abbaye de la cambre, brussels
2013
per vedere - pervers?, ensba, lyon
group shows
2020
belladonna, berlin (upcoming)
2019
belladonna, cld art café, buse building, london
interior futures, courtyard gallery, london
deep neuro imagining, ugly duck, london
unpeelin’ the onion, dorando close, london
2016
lotion, the community, paris
work experience
2019 : personal assistant of Giulia Cenci, lyon biennale
2016 : studio assistant at Jolan van der Wiel, amsterdam
2015 : studio assistant at Karolina York, sydney
2014 : personal assistant of Shilo Engelbrecht, stockholm
Degree Details
Statement
Lately, I presented « Vizavi » (face-to-face), a disposable installation taking place in various locations around the city of London. Just like a wanderer resigned to leave his possessions behind, it is a call for unshackling. These « deceptive détournements » don’t belong to a locked room and they only find their true meaning when taken outside. Therefore they are plucked from their safety nest and brought to their most vulnerable states. Adorned of uncommon and unpredictable objects, the toilet space loses its triviality and derives from anthropocentrism in order to become a space ready to be invested by new forms of artificial life. I also venture to take the decision to abandon part of my work in the city. Just as you enter the toilet space to leave an accumulation of things behind, I decided to do the same and to let go part of my art which now belongs to the public sphere.
Vizavi
« Vizavi » speaks about how one can feel torn between his true self and a constructed social mask in a romantic relationship. It builds up a tension that is magnified by the inertia of the subject. The two-headed fish is mute, expressionless because life has ripped off his vital energy : he is dead.
Medium: expanding foam, latex, dead fish, bones, thread
Prestigyouth
« Prestigyouth » is a play on words associating Prestige and Youth. During their childhood, some people might have a sense of privilege emanating from their social circle. An intense analysis is happening in the coming of age which leads to rethink our personal attitude towards the world.
Medium: expanding foam, latex, spray-paint, posca
Size: 60 x 35 x 3 cm / 25 x 10 x 3 cm / 10 x 7 x 3 cm
Bad Taste in my Mouth
« Bad taste in my mouth » is an installation happening in my personal cabinet. Three creatures are popping out of the furniture, attracted by the light coming from above. « Bad taste in my mouth » speaks about animals versus humans. This tension can be found in the materials, the synthetic aspect of the creatures clashes with the organic nature of them. Devoid of common objects, the cabinet loses its triviality and derives from anthropocentrism in order to become a space ready to be invested by new forms of artificial life.
Medium: latex and copper sulfate
Belladonna
« Belladonna » is a sculpture enhancing the archetype of the American prom-queen. The use of typically feminine elements (crown, fake nails and blood…) are initially inspired by pictures found online and hand-made drawings. « Belladonna » is also a reference to a plant which was used in the Middle Ages by women to enhance their beauty. Plant that would eventually have a lethal effect on the person if absorbed in high quantities. It also serves as a metaphorical suggestion that women - under constant social constraints that force them to give a lot of importance to their appearances - see their minds being insidiously and gradually poisoned by such a narrow perspective of self-expression.
Medium: stainless steel, glass, silicone, 3d printed elements, found objects
Size: 150 x 40 x 60cm
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