Patate, urne funérarie familiale
Florence Doléac, Patate, urne funérarie familiale
Patate is a family’s funeral urn or, even better, the transfert of the superimpositions created in family tombs. In cemeteries, defunct families are arranged within small constructions, almost as if they were homes.
Here, the group of the deceased forms a large sprouting potato. Each sprout represents a member of the family. The assembly is a curious object that can be placed on the ground in the centre of the home.
This object completely plays down the language of mourning in a highly symbolic allegory.
The sprouts, children of the same stock, usually project toward the sky since they are attracted by the light.
The names will be engraved on each sprout.
Florence Doléac
Florence Doléac, Patate, urne funérarie familiale. “Attese Edizioni Handmade in Albisola”, Collezione Permanente del Design Italiano, La Triennale, Milan Design Week 2007
Patate, urne funérarie familiale by Florence Doléac was prototyped in Albisola (Italy) in 2006 during the 3rd Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art and was also presented at the following exhibitions: “Handmade in Albisola”, La Triennale, Milan Design Week 2007; “Ultrabody”, Castello Sforzesco, Milan Design Week 2012.
Lolo
Florénce Doléac, Lolo 1
Florénce Doléac, Lolo 2
Florénce Doléac, Lolo 3
Florénce Doléac, Lolo 4
In Lolo the flat and round vases, which look like vinyl records, are actually decorated like collectors’ Picture-Discs, but in the vintage colours of mother-of-pearl and Sunburst rock-band guitar.
Florénce Doléac, Lolo. “Cambiare il mondo con un vaso di fiori”, Pierluigi and Natalina Remotti Foundation-City of Camogli, 2010-2011
Florénce Doléac, Lolo. “Cambiar el mundo con un vaso de flores”, Italian Cultural Institute, Madrid, 2010
Lolo by Florence Doleac was prototyped in Albisola (Italy) on occasion of the travelling exhibition “Changing the world with a vase of flowers”, MUDAC-Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts, Lausanne, 2011; Pierluigi and Natalina Remotti Foundation-City of Camogli, 2010-2011; Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid-Italian Embassy in Spain, 2010.
XLS
Florénce Doléac, XLS
In XLS the shape of the sculptural projecting vases appears to derive from violent twists and torsions. The tube-shaped vases actually seem to have been forcibly folded over, even though they are made of ceramic and hyper-realistically simulate both copper as a material and the sense of torsion.
XLS by Florence Doleac was prototyped in Albisola (Italy) on occasion of the travelling exhibition “Changing the world with a vase of flowers”, MUDAC-Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts, Lausanne, 2011; Pierluigi and Natalina Remotti Foundation-City of Camogli, 2010-2011; Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid-Italian Embassy in Spain, 2010.
XLS was also presented at the exhibition “Di vaso in fiore”, Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan Design Week 2011.
