Almine Rech Gallery

19-09-2019: www.alminerech.com/artists/145-sylvie-fleury

Sylvie Fleury

  • , Untitled, 1995
    Window model legs with gold mini skirt
    100 x 40 x 30 cm
  • , Chanel Shopping Bag, 2008
    Painted bronze
    40 x 50 x 11 cm
  • , Prada Shoes, 2003
    Chromed bronze
    16 x 20 x 7,5 cm
  • , Vanity Case, 1998
    Chromed Bronze
    31 x 38 x 21 cm
  • , Revolver, 2009
    Chopped and patinated bronze
    25 x 6 x 33 cm
  • , Untitled, 2008
    Chromed bronze
    20 x 20 x 9 cm
  • , Dream, 2004
    Gold plated steel
    35 x ø 28 cm
  • , Prada Boots, 2003
    Chromed bronze
    17 3/4 x 19 5/8 x 24 3/4 inches
  • , Judd (One shelf version), 2008
    Polished stainless steel, fiberglass, car paint
    29 1/2 x 23 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches
  • , Eternal Wow on Shelves (Multidimentional blue), 2007
    Polished stainless steel, fiberglass, car paint
    110 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches
  • , Eternal Wow on Shelves (Multidimentional blue), 2007
    Polished stainless steel, fiberglass, car paint
    110 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches
  • , Eternal Wow on Shelves (silver), 2007
    Polished stainless steel, fiberglass, car paint
    110 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches
  • , Every minute is special, 2007
    Stainless steel, polished, PU-foam, fiberglass, lacquer
    300 x 420 x 190 cm
  • , Cristalle Custom Commando - doré, 2008
    Destroyed Chanel bag and target
    42 x 59,4 cm
  • , Gold Fountain PKW, 2003
    Gold porcelain, plexiglass plinth
    18 x 62 x 62 cm
  • , Ela 75K, Plumpity... Plump, 2000
    Gold plated supermarket trolley, revolving mirror plinth
    83 x 55 x 96 cm
  • , Untitled, 2008
    Pairs of gold/silver chromed bronzes
    25 x 25 x 12 cm
  • , Marcel et Robert, 2000/2001
    Wood, steel, aluminium, electric motor, legs, gold mini skirt
    36 x 406 cm

Born in 1961 in Geneva, where she continues to live and work, Sylvie Fleury emerged in the early 90's as a significant figure on the international art stage. Fleury's "shopping bag" installations, which she included in some of her earliest exhibitions, laid the foundations for a body of work that would draw on elements from both twentieth-century art and consumer society. Exploiting paradoxes and the ambiguity of futility, Fleury went on to develop a diverse oeuvre that continually expanded the range of its interpretations. Luxury clothing and accessories, the world of Formula 1 racing,  modern and contemporary art icons (from Piet Mondrian to Andy Warhol or John McCracken), magazine covers, and oversized everyday objects: Sylvie Fleury has forged an artistic sensibility that continually reinvents itself, layering its meanings upon one another, and finding new ways to explore our collective consciousness.

Exhibitions

Museum Exhibitions

Selected press