The couples and the MAMC+ renovation series St Etienne 2025
Exhibition views: Un paysage arrondi / A Rounded Landscape, MAMC+ St Etienne © Aurelien MoleStructures for a Forest of Images : 6 site specifc metal structures made to display ‘THE COUPLES’ SERIES and the ‘RENOVATION’ SERIES, black and white analogue prints on semi-matte baryta paper, framed, tinted glass, coloured paper
Charlotte Moth Les Couples: Anonyme, Diane (?) et Robert Malaval, Deux pieds: le gauche et le droit, 2025
Anonymous (16th century, French School) Diane (?) Albâtre [Alabaster] Collection MAMC+, inv. 43.2.75, (Purchase 1900)
Robert MALAVAL Deux pieds: le gauche et le droit [Two feet: left and right], 1971. Nyxal, stratifié rosé et blanc, support violet [Nyxal, pink and white laminate, violet backing]Collection MAMC+, inv. 92.9.421 (1-2), (Donation Vicky Rémy, 1992)
The Couples: A collection of poems conceived to accompany the series of photographs ‘The Couples” developed in Saint-Étienne between 2022 and 2024.
The images are based on the MAMC+ collection and the museum’s recent renovations. These poems were occasionally recited within the exhibition space by the actors Cécile Cheang / Raphaël Deshogues / Romane Bauer. Texts by Charlotte Moth. Translated from English by Johana Carrier. Graphic design by Akiko Wakabayashi.
Charlotte Moth Les Couples: Sarah Clerval, Baignade et Émile Boyer, Tête d’enfant (1), 202
Sarah CLERVAL Baignade [Bathing], 2021. Plaster cast of a soccer ball, feathers, brass] Collection MAMC+, inv. 2022.23.1, Purchase, 2022
Émile BOYER Tête d’enfant, XIXe siècle [Child’s head, 19th century] [Comblanchien stone?] Collection MAMC+, inv. 43.2.108, Acquisition method not specified.
