JULIETTE MINCHIN
RIVELAZIONI
MUSEO SANT' ORSOLA, FLORENCE, ITALY
28 JUNE – 27 OCTOBER 2024
The second edition of “exhibitions on site” features the French sculptor and the Italian designer, both called to Sant’Orsola to create site-specific works of art. Juliette Minchin’s poetic wax installations and Marta Roberti’s delicate drawings reveal new aspects of the history of the former convent, taking it into another dimension, that of dreams. The exhibition can be perceived as a dreamlike journey within the walls of Sant’Orsola.
A graduate of the National School of Decorative Arts in Scenography and the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, Juliette Minchin is a visual artist fascinated by light, time, and the changing states of the materials she works with. Juliette Minchin’s favourite material is wax, which she uses in her often ephemeral sculptures, drawings, and installations, exploring notions of transformation, disappearance, and rebirth.
For the former convent of Sant’Orsola Juliette Minchin has designed an installation that unfolds around the remains of the first church. Her drapes and veils of wax envelop the architecture: the back of the room and the windows come to life as if breathed through by a new breath of life. In her own way, the artist seems to be resuscitating the convent’s theatrical and fleeting Baroque past, of which there has been no trace since the 19th century.
28 JUNE – 27 OCTOBER 2024
The second edition of “exhibitions on site” features the French sculptor and the Italian designer, both called to Sant’Orsola to create site-specific works of art. Juliette Minchin’s poetic wax installations and Marta Roberti’s delicate drawings reveal new aspects of the history of the former convent, taking it into another dimension, that of dreams. The exhibition can be perceived as a dreamlike journey within the walls of Sant’Orsola.
A graduate of the National School of Decorative Arts in Scenography and the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, Juliette Minchin is a visual artist fascinated by light, time, and the changing states of the materials she works with. Juliette Minchin’s favourite material is wax, which she uses in her often ephemeral sculptures, drawings, and installations, exploring notions of transformation, disappearance, and rebirth.For the former convent of Sant’Orsola Juliette Minchin has designed an installation that unfolds around the remains of the first church. Her drapes and veils of wax envelop the architecture: the back of the room and the windows come to life as if breathed through by a new breath of life. In her own way, the artist seems to be resuscitating the convent’s theatrical and fleeting Baroque past, of which there has been no trace since the 19th century.
In the convent’s former pharmacy, on the other hand, the artist staged her vigil with roots. Around the room’s imposing pillars, Juliette Minchin has hung panels covered in wax and wicks that are lit and melt every day, offering visitors the spectacle of silent, ever-changing creativity. The shapes, light, and scent of burning wax offer visitors a spellbinding sensory experience, a reference to the liturgical and healing rituals once practiced in this place.