Mimosa Echard
‘Lies’
Galerie Chantal Crousel
October 15 – November 16, 2024
No material seems to be off-limits for Mimosa Echard: Cherry pits, latex, sage, fish roe, amethyst, aluminum, glass, vinyl glue, pearls, and beads have all made their way into her paintings, which are so thick with texture they almost become sculptures. For ‘Lies’, her second show at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Echard continues her exploration of the natural processes that occur when two materials react with one another – the bleeding of one dye into another, the oxidization of metal, or the absorption of a liquid into a porous substance. Here, her metallic tableaux combine veils and charms with a series of photographs taken at a Parisian shopping arcade, juxtaposing the artifice of consumerism with rusted metal.