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  El desconocido- Las pequeñas alegrías

  2008
  Acrylic on canvas, felt and ribbons,
  51 1/5 X 76 4/5 in.
  Height costume: 47 1/5 in.
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  Les semelles de vent

  2009
  Acrylic on canvas
  51 1/5 X 76 4/5 in.
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  Beetle coat

  2007
  Felt
  Height: 47 1/5 in.
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  My house has turned into a painting

  2008
  Muslin and acrylic on walls
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  The Nest

  2010
  Padding
  height: 63 in.

Hélène Picard finds inspiration in the connection between sewing and painting. She is interested in how the two mediums both express color, form material and inner feelings of the human being. Picard creates installations where painted shapes seem to escape from the frame to materialize in hanging costumes. Picard brings a theatrical dimension to painting and a sensorial contact with the work of art. The visitor is inside the painting, surrounded by colors, energetic gestures and materials of fabrics. She offers the opportunity to not only see the painting but feel and live it.

Hélène Picard (born 1972 in France) graduated in 1998 from the School of Fine Arts of Paris, and was awarded the Casa Velazquez Residency in Madrid in 2000. Picard currently works and lives between Madrid and Paris. Recent exhibitions include Castillos de aire, Alexandra Irigoyen Gallery, Madrid; The Nest, performance, El Beso, Madrid; Solo exhibition 2000-2009, Maison de la Culture Loire-Atlantique - La Rairie, Nantes; Entramados, National Costume Museum, Madrid.