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Claire Tabouret

In her figurative paintings, drawings and sculptures, Claire Tabouret scrutinizes identity and takes a closer look at childhood and its enigmas, the individual isolated or within a group. Sometimes covered, made up or disguised, children and women with mute faces stand upright in front of the viewer like frozen frames. The recent immersive mural realized at Fabrègues Castle in the south of France is an example of the timeless and sometimes carnivalesque universe that the artist creates in her paintings.

Often coated with a primary fluorescent layer, and realized on large-scale canvas, her works, whose tonalities are sometimes dark and sometimes acidic, as in the ensemble of the Débutantes, exude theatrical enigma. Before the representation of groups and characters, which may recall those of Romantic painting, Claire Tabouret was often interested in aquatic diurnal and nocturnal landscapes. During this time, she notably realized the Maisons Inondées, the series which brought her to recognition, as well as the ensemble entitled Migrants.
Originating in internet or archival found photographs, her canvases are tainted with personal experience, unfurling a universe of stories and memories.

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Selected artworks

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Patricia with her eyes closed , 2019

    Claire Tabouret Patricia with her eyes closed , 2019

    Acrylic on canvas
    91,4 x 76,2 cm
    36 x 30 x 1 1/2 Inches

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      The Blue Sentinels, 2024

    Claire Tabouret The Blue Sentinels, 2024

    Edition of 6 + 2 AP
    Tapestry - Low warp weaving
    165 x 240 cm
    64 x 94 1/2 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Mattea (yellow), 2024

    Claire Tabouret Mattea (yellow), 2024

    Acrylic on canvas
    41.5 x 33.5 x 2 cm
    16 3/8 x 13 1/4 x 3/4 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Layers of Dreams and Reality, 2024

    Claire Tabouret Layers of Dreams and Reality, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas
    73 x 92 cm
    28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Self Portrait (Looking at You), 2024

    Claire Tabouret Self Portrait (Looking at You), 2024

    Acrylic on canvas
    50 x 40 x 2 cm
    19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 3/4 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Sounds of Spring (10), 2024

    Claire Tabouret Sounds of Spring (10), 2024

    Acrylic on canvas
    50 x 40 cm
    19 1/2 x 16 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Baigneuse assise, 2024

    Claire Tabouret Baigneuse assise, 2024

    Edition of 8 + 2AP + 2HC
    Painted bronze fountain
    154.9 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm
    61 x 48 x 48 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Seated bather, 2024

    Claire Tabouret Seated bather, 2024

    Edition 8 + 2 AP
    Painted bronze
    50.8 x 35.6 x 27.9 cm
    20 x 14 x 11 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      Paysages d'intérieur (turquoise), 2022

    Claire Tabouret Paysages d'intérieur (turquoise), 2022

    Acrylic on fabric
    213.4 x 182.9 cm
    84 x 72 in

  • Claire Tabouret,                                      The Fountain, 2021

    Claire Tabouret The Fountain, 2021

    Acrylic on linen
    309.9 x 365.8 cm
    122 x 144 in

Claire Tabouret in her studio, 2021

Museum exhibitions

Selected press