Isabelle D.
Lives & Works in France
Isabelle D.’s upbringing was constellated by female figures that now inspire her current practice.
Memories play a crucial role in her work. In her quest to let go of moments permeated by manual processes historically associated with female work, she explores contemporary feminism and the translation of trauma. She creates abstract landscapes as a way of decolonising her past and reclaiming the present, as well as celebrating her memory, self, and heritage.
Her ‘sculptural paintings’ seek to draw the viewer’s attention to the process of creation rather than solely on the resultant object. Created through crocheting, embroidering, weaving, knitting, and dismantling previous existing yarns, upon first encounter, viewers are struck by the labour intensiveness of the work, and the manual and time-consuming craftsmanship of the process.
Isabelle D. will be presented by Gallery Nosco.
Isabelle D., From The Bruise Series, 2023, Hand Crocheted fibres on canvas, 120 x 90 cm Courtesy of Gallery Nosco.
