Conivence silencieuse Print

Je suis ne à Innsbruck ( Austria)mais je vis en Auvergne(France)Infused with medieval futurism, MP BENOIT-BASSETs latest work marks a departure from the inward-looking and reflective quality of her earlier paintings, marked by a symbolist emphasis on inner meaning. For Secrets & Intrigues, the artist has created a negative of her previous work, leading the viewer into a profane realm of artifice and conspiracy. Jewellery and ornaments grace pale, soft or deformed bodies. Opulence, luxury and eroticism inhabit the procession of enigmatic characters. The sumptuous garment carry a skewed echo of the renaissance while the bodies of the protagonists, at times provokingly or enticingly bare, hover above muted backgrounds that negate any historical or geographical reference. Enigmatic and poised, they radiate ambiguous elegance. The crossed gazes, plots and counter-plots and the accusing stares weave a dense web of conspiracy. The sense of hushed, opaque mystery evokes the royal courts of the past, seen through the very modern eyes of the artist. The baroque extravagance of Secrets & Intrigues is at once flamboyant and strangely unsettling.