Sylvie Fleury
Spring
March 21–April 19, 1997
Cologne

Sylvie Fleury’s exhibition, SPRING, features wall paintings in two rooms that provide key insight into her conception of art.
Fleury integrates elements of fashion into her work, incorporating its formal principles and deliberately infusing her pieces with highly recognizable icons. She does so without critiquing market mechanisms or consumption, opting instead to delve into the “principle of fashion” and explore its aesthetic and conceptual dimensions.

 

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The fashion industry’s increasing adoption of artistic methods has inspired Fleury to incorporate fashion strategies into her work, among other things. Utilizing artistic techniques like mural painting and decorative lettering, she elevates fashion phenomena beyond their fleeting nature, transforming them into theoretical models, all while refraining from fully explaining or endorsing them.

Fleury doesn’t justify her use of the “fashion” realm solely by its contrast with the art world, nor does she seek to affirm the common notion that there’s no clear boundary between art and fashion. Instead, her works actively highlight distinctions between these two domains.
What’s striking about the wall paintings in Cologne is their deliberate absence of representational imagery. Instead, they employ easily recognizable typography borrowed from the world of fashion, naturally evoking visual impressions—or images, if you will—in the viewer’s mind.

 

Installation Views
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

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Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Spring
Installation view, Galerie Philomene Magers, Cologne, March 21–April 19, 1997

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Exhibited Works
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
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Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
120 × 150 cm
47 1/4 × 59 inches

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Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
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Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
110 × 120 cm
43 1/4 × 47 1/4 inches

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Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
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Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
200 × 150 cm
78 3/4 × 59 inches

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Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury
Sex & Food, 1997

Sex & Food, 1997

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Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
120 × 150 cm
47 1/4 × 59 inches

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997 (installation view)

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Mascara, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
110 × 120 cm
43 1/4 × 47 1/4 inches

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997 (installation view)

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Lush Lips, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
200 × 150 cm
78 3/4 × 59 inches

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997 (installation view)

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997 (detail)

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997

Sylvie Fleury
Pleasures On Canvases, 1997
Sylvie Fleury – Spring – Cologne

Sex & Food, 1997

Sylvie Fleury
Sex & Food, 1997
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