Marie-Caroline Locquet

Bio

Marie-Caroline Locquet grew up in the north of France, where she felt the weight of self-demonstration and the camouflage of social affiliations through adornment at an early age. Thus, it is a conceptual interest that led her to jewellery, an object initially quite distant from her, considering it more as a subject for study than from an aesthetic affinity. Graduating from ENSAD Limoges with highest honors in 2021, she was featured the same year at Coherent Artist-run space (BE) and at Ar.c.o centro de Arte (PT). She set up her studio in Limoges and began teaching.

Statement

Each piece of Marie-caroline Locquet's work redefines the status of jewellery, considering it less as a showcase object (of wealth, power, etc.) and more as a confrontation with a high disruptive potential in public space. The materials, pushed to their extreme limits, bare themselves and reveal their true nature through forms that evoke both desire and death. Whether defensive weapons or restraint devices, each piece offers a unique wearing experience that explores our shared fragility. They pose a challenge to all who observe them, constantly maintaining the tension between social discomfort and the temptation of embrace.
/ Text by Victor Dumiot for the exhibition IMPORTABLE/M.A.Y.A during MJW24

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