Michele Landel Exhibition

 

Images: Nobody #5; Nobody #6; Self Portrait #8; Gather a few Stones, all photograph, fabric, thread and varnish, 2023.

 

 

Michele Landel is an American textile artist who has lived in Sèvres, France since 2005. Watering the Stones is a collection of work from a residency she experienced earlier this year in the desert mountains of Spain. The area was so quiet she “discovered the soft sounds of nature, the clean colour palette of the land, and the engaging beauty of the place.”

The work centres on organic and non organic items such as discarded sticks and a broken watering can she found in the fields. Michele took photos combing human and natural debris creating poetic images which she printed and quilted onto bedsheets. Bedding is an item signifying comfort, resting and healing the images take on a soulful quality. “On the bedding, the forms and shapes become sensual and soulful. The material activates tactile memories.”

 

Watering the Stones by Michele Landel is exhibiting from 15th – 30th September at Le Salon Vert and is part of the first Geneva Art Week. For more information visit www.salonvert.ch.and www.michelelandel.com