Diane Cescutti

A7L, 2022

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Residences Art Explora x Artagon

To coincide with the transformation of Hangar Y into a cultural and events venue, 10 young, recently graduated artists have been invited by Art Explora and Artagon to reuse materials from the hangar's construction site to create works of art, during a residency in September 2022.

Diane Cescutti

A7L, 2022 

mylar, fleece, carbon twill, 4 x 2.30 m

photo credit: Lewis Joly

Description of the work

photo credit: Lewis Joly

The work produced by Diane Cescutti as part of the Art Explora X Artagon residency reflects the artist's research into the intertwined history of textiles and aerospace technologies. It takes as its starting point the extraordinary diversity of materials produced by industry, diverting their application to take them out of the technical sphere in which they are confined.

Considering them first and foremost for their aesthetic potential, the artist creates her sculptural fabric using quilting, a quilting technique that gives relief to patterned fabric. Like an unfurled textile color chart, her installation allows us to discover mylar, a textile used in the design of spacesuits. A moiré patchwork made up of a shiny, padded woven structure, her piece comes to life through sewing and draping.

‍Biographyof the artist

Diane Cescutti is a French artist who lives and works in Lyon and Paris. She is a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire (2021) and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (2022).

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