{"id":2828,"date":"2025-11-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:00:00","slug":"ceramics-mimic-cardboard-in-jacques-monnerauds-trompe-loeil-ode-to-giorgio-morandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2828","title":{"rendered":"Ceramics Mimic Cardboard in Jacques Monneraud\u2019s Trompe-l\u2019\u0153il Ode to Giorgio Morandi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A quick glimpse of Jacques Monneraud<\/a>\u2019s vessels give the impression of lighthearted craft time, with cardboard tubes and layered cutouts affixed with pieces of clear tape. Perhaps they\u2019re maquettes for larger pieces or simply playful experiments with an inexpensive material. But look closer, and you\u2019ll discover there\u2019s a lot more to these vessels than they first let on. Namely, they\u2019re actually ceramic.<\/p>\n

Monneraud\u2019s ongoing CARTON <\/em>series<\/a> explores the relationship between material and perception. He blends three types of clay, then uses a potter\u2019s wheel to throw the core shapes. When the form has dried to a leather-hard consistency, he trims where needed and refines the contours and edges, creating minute details that give the illusion of cut paper.<\/p>\n

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Achieving the corrugated detail is one of the most time-consuming and labor-intensive processes, which Monneraud accomplishes by pressing a handmade wooden tool into the clay to create a series of triangular impressions. When all of the pieces come together, it appears as though a few pieces of cardboard were patched together with adhesive. In fact, each container is totally water-tight, and they certainly won\u2019t wrinkle or warp!<\/p>\n

The artist recently conceived of a series of groupings in an ode to the subtle and playful oil paintings of Giorgio Morandi<\/a> (1890-1964). The Italian artist is known for his muted still lifes of ceramics in which perspective, light, and shadow create nuanced compositions. He paid particular attention to the relationship between volume and line, often organizing items so that their tops all aligned or various elements appear to merge into other vessels\u2019 details.<\/p>\n

In Monneraud\u2019s current exhibition Life, still., <\/em>on view in Brussels, Morandi\u2019s compositions provide a jumping-off point for the trompe-l\u2019\u0153il<\/a> ceramics. Pitchers, vases, jars, and other shapes mimic those Morandi rendered in oil, revisiting the painter\u2019s approach to \u201ccosiddetta realt\u00e0,<\/em>\u201d or \u201cso-called reality.\u201d He was interested in \u201cthe notion\u00a0that meaning lies not in the subject itself,\u00a0but in the way it is observed,\u201d says a statement for Monneraud\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

Life, still. <\/em>is open on Saturdays through November at 38 Quai du Commerce in Brussels. Find more on Monneraud\u2019s Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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