Thursday Talks with Marion Delarue

Fascinated by highly developed techniques that she uses in a traditional or experimental way, she strives to bring together traditional savoir-faire and contemporaneity, hand-crafted techniques and critical thinking. In this way, Marion Delarue's research frequently leads her to take part in artist residencies (Françoise van den Bosch in Amsterdam, Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto, Inside Out art museum in Beijing …). 

Her award-winning work (AJF Young Artist Award 2022 finalist, Talente 2019 award, European Triennial for Contemporary Jewellery 2017 award…) is exhibited internationally and is part of public collections (Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris in France, Palazzo Cominelli in Italy, Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands…). She teaches at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Orléans, France. 

In autumn 2025, Marion Delarue will take part in a three-month artist residency at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Marion Delarue shows a great interest in the transition from one state to another, in transformations through metamorphosis or almost imperceptible evolutions. In particular, her work plays with the confusion between authenticity and imitation, between nature and artifice, referencing simulacrum, false pretences and lures. Inspired by the bizarre, folklore and myths, Marion Delarue is enthralled by supposedly magical items. Her attachment to an imagination stemming from ceremonial body adornment is reflected in a constant body-related fascination. In this way, Marion’s pieces, through a real or symbolic relationship with the body, enriched by this input and compelled by this exigence, question unceasingly the very idea of wearability.


A warm welcome to join us for Marion Delarue's lecture on Thursday, 27th of March, 19:00 h.

Where:
AudiTorium, PXL-MAD School of Arts
Campus Elfde Linie, gebouw G
Elfde-Liniestraat 25
3500 Hasselt

Image: Sangtu, Mother of pearl, Korean natural lacquer, magnets, 2019, © Marion Delarue