“Learning different techniques involves a form of exploration in the studio; it leaves room for doubt, for error, and pushes me to establish my own rules. Paradoxically, it is in these spaces of uncertainty, relying on these rules to which I submit entirely, that I feel I have the freedom to create gestures that belong entirely to me.”

Exhibiting for the first time at Piero Atchugarry Gallery, French artist, Pauline d'Andigné presents, Melting Point, an inaugural solo-exhibition unveiling works of a hybrid nature, both pictorial and sculptural, conveying themes of rebellion, vulnerability, impermanence, and loss of innocence. d'Andigné brings together a series of never-before exhibited paintings, and a site-relational installation that features melting flower sculptures suspended from harsh metal chains, in an aggressively industrial, anti-precious manner. By taking a traditionally delicate motif, d'Andigné exposes a twisted and audacious subversion from innocence. Her paintings double down on this confrontational ethos through the frenzied application of vivid colors, and unrestrained gestures with the use of oil pastels, suggesting  a childlike, uninhibited freedom. Melting Point emanates a bold, anarchic energy that lends itself to the rebellious punk spirit and liberating essence that permeates this body of work.

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