MARITIME ODE (DIPTYCH)

Designer: Sophie Brillouet

Materials: Shells of varying sizes and natures assembled using thin-set mortar on wood panel

Inspiration: Sophie Brillouet has prepared two large-scale works for ” Révélations”, the International Biennial of Artistic Crafts and Creation International Biennial of Artistic Crafts and Creation which took place under the glass roof of the Grand Palais from May 21 to 25, 2021. This diptych can only catch the eye of visitors, as well as the interest of lovers of Fernando Pessoa and his “Maritime Ode”, to which this diptych pays tribute.

In Ode Maritime, Sophie Brillouet deploys a veritable topography of the living, entirely composed of meticulously assembled shells. The diptych is organized like a landscape in motion: undulations, strata and curves evoke in turn the tides, the dunes, or the sea currents.

The tactile richness of the work is central. Pearly shells, spirals, polished or matt fragments make up an organic writing of great precision. Each shell becomes a module, a cell, participating in an almost textile weft, where repetition generates rhythm and variation creates relief.

Between bas-relief and mosaic, the work oscillates between compositional rigour and sensitive poetry. Ode Maritime is a meditation on the long term — that of the sea, erosion and collection — but also on the artist’s patient gesture, which transforms natural matter into an inner landscape.

Dimensions: 70 x 210 cm / panel – 140 x 210 cm / diptych

Edition: Unique pieces, other patterns and dimensions on request