Born in 1979 in Parthenay, lives and works between Sussac and Zürich

Videos, installations

The 17th-century opulence of the Chapelle des Petits-Augustins is a striking backdrop for Jean-Charles de Quillacq’s 21st-century sculptures. Resembling commonplace objects like bread and cigarette butts, works throughout the chapel are made with various industrial materials like ointment, epoxy, and automotive coolant. Jean-Charles de Quillacq often uses representations of the human body—in this case, partially nude mannequins, jeans stretched over a fibreglass pelvis and an aquarium containing a chemical reproduction of sweat—as metaphors for the unstable and ambiguous nature of capitalism. The artist often incorporates his own body into his work; at the center of this installation is a film showing him sound asleep in his studio, surrounded by his art materials and works in progress.

Students from the École du Louvre are available every day from October 16 to October 20 to provide visitors with information.

Open from October 14 to 20, 10am to 7pm, free public access

Miu Miu is the Public Program Official Partner.

Photo credit: Installation view of Jean-Charles de Quillacq’s work Alexa (2021) in the exhibition ‘Des corps, des écritures. Regards sur l’art aujourd’hui’, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, 2021. Photograph by Aurélien Mole.