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Rouge Lefebvre

Lives and works in Montreal, Canada
www.rougelefebvre.wordpress.com

“Les Jardins“ (The gardens) and “Les nonnes“ (The (Québec) where once the Scots colonized. The
nuns) are about a collection of female figurative makeup differs in many interpretation of the cross
photography inspired by the Dutch Masters with its as in “Marysa’s au Sablier“ that reincarnates the
powerful visceral silhouettes and visual intensity, virgin nymph holding the breath of time. “Simone”
it reveals the enigmatic quality and mystique of mesmerizing with her glance, personifies the
woman. The works involves use of body art paper presence of pure will. “Les nonnes” holds the
sculpture molded as dress or corset handmade memory of women religious communities in
hairpieces ribbons recycled textiles also metal and Quebec. The models are Canadian with French,
copper from vintage shops and metal scrap yard English, Italian, Romanian, Scottish, Jewish, german
machinery from the industrial era. “Les Jardins“ is and Hungarian background. They are each of them a
a collection that came from the original idea of an heart in a flame making iconic relics with objects of
iron cross bought in a house sale at my childhood the past with a contemporary reflection on identity
picturesque village in St. André d’Argenteuil and spiritual journey - the body is evergreen.

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