Don’t miss our exhibition ´A fleur d’eau’, if you are in Paris! Showing until 30th of may
@lefebvreetfils in collaboration with
@spaxprojects @hellocestlel
📸 Thanks to
@hugardandvanoverschelde for the wonderful picture of the ceramic relief
´A fleur d’eau’, 2026
Glazed ceramics
220cm x 188cm x 15cm
The duo draws us into a dreamlike world, both joyful and melancholic, where vegetation is omnipresent and giant flowers evoke a strange and enchanting universe. But upon closer inspection, beneath the apparent
serenity of smooth, rounded forms, disappearance and death are subtly staged. There, atop a large betyl, a poppy flower evokes sleep; a scarablike insect suggests eternity; while a fixed-gaze portrait recalls the Fayum portraits—so near and yet forever distant: the work is in fact a funerary stele. Everything passes, everything fades—this is the central idea of the large bas-relief ´A fleur d’eau’, which gives the exhibition its title. Aquatic grasses and water lilies unfold across a soft green background, revealing themselves to be inhabited—by arms and legs, those of Ophelia, carried away, drowned, and finally at rest. The discreet evocation of Shakespeare’s legend bears witness to both the unrest of humankind and the emergence of death at the heart of beauty.
Recent recipients of the Luxembourgish sculpture prize Schlassgoart 2025 for their work « Inséparable »—a foot pierced through with algae and giant grasses—Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil have chosen ceramic as their sole medium for this exhibition at Galerie Lefebvre & Fils. They have sculpted, molded, bas-reliefs and shaped pieces with a unified energy, handling glazes with great delicacy.
Seemingly joyful yet deeper than they first appear, with dream and surprise as as guiding threads, these works are on view until May 30, 2026, at Galerie Lefebvre et Fils.
Thanks to
@christine.germaindonnat for the beautiful text.
Thanks to
@simonemachuel for the great assistance.
Thanks to
@kulturlx for the generous support.