Where do these silhouettes come from, these beings captured in the life of a timeless movement. The exhibition at the Galerie de l'Europe unveils the theater of Lisbeth Delisle, one of the last students of the immense Ossip Zadkine.

At the age of 88, this disciple of Robert Couturier once again confirms his status of sculptor with golden fingers at the end of an exhibition bringing together some of his most beautiful pieces. repertoire: sculptures in bronze, others in cardboard and collages marked by his assumed taste for narration and his sense of staging. For more than 60 years, the sculptor has questioned the mystery of life by infusing each of her creations with a strange tension... Her sculptures are thus anchored in a permanent movement, her characters are captured on the spot, her landscapes are made of emptiness. and full on, recalling the unstable dynamics of the world in which we operate. Between grandeur and humility, Lisbeth Delisle has the habit of wrapping her characters in a protective frame like this couple united under an Ark of the Covenant or this Baptism scene { 15}orchestrated under a solid cast iron arcade. But what happens when his characters can only rely on themselves? The artist then imagines other stories, such as his Joined Twins who mutually protect each other, dragging each other along in the walk on the path to exile. One of the many stories to discover in this unmissable exhibition…

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What if Lisbeth Delisle's most moving work was in Paris for everyone to see? Head to Porte de Bagnolet in the XXth arrondissement to admire this moving sculpture by Édith Piaf. Her head thrown back and her arms outstretched towards the sky, the artist here freezes the singer in a painful interpretation of emotion with her mouth wide open and her eyes lost in the void, while her whole body seems literally inhabited by the music. If Lisbeth Delisle voluntarily added about twenty centimeters to the Child (the interpreter of La Vie en rose not exceeding one meter fifty), the sculptor wanted to infuse his work with a tragic realism, signing on this occasion a masterful portrait of an infinitely popular singer.

Exhibition presented by the Galerie Collégiale - Lille.
For more information: Véronique Dalle - 06 07 90 46 28 - veronique.dalle@gmail.com or vdalle@nordnet.fr