Nothing is as it seems in the world of Marie Denis.

For Marie Denis, a piece of artwork always starts with a context and its interaction with the observer. What interests her most are the fleeting moments of meaning in a work − whether it be a tree, fruit, or architecture − and the observer’s interpretation of the proposal made to him. In this way there is a kind of constant re−invention of the work.

Born in 1972 in Bourg−Saint-Andeol in Ardeche, she lives in Paris but her work takes her everywhere.

She focuses on botanical principals. The installations and sculptures are designed from raw materials and other objects diverted from their typical anchors in culture. She circumvents the rules to realize her visions, and her work is a harmony between the universal and the everyday.

The materials are borrowed from her daily life: plastic bags, grass from the lawn, the boxwood trees that line the Ruthénois, or the portholes of the old Sunflower Rodez pool.

To her, anything goes. Childhood is also a crucial part of her work. “We all reminisce about our childhoods,” Denis says, “the joys and sorrows that we learn then color our lives later on. So, like a child, I leave myself open to impression and influence.” With this outlook comes the added element of playful diversion.

She hopes that observers expands their perspectives and open themselves to a more vast and more rich impression of the world and of life.



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