Dec 3 - 8 2024 | Untitled Art Miami Beach
Dec 3 - 8 2024 | Untitled Art Miami Beach
Corinne Chaix
The Artist Studio
2024
pastels, acrylic, ink on canvas
48"x48"
Corinne Chaix
The way of the Mangrove
2024
pastels, acrylic and ink on canvas
Corinne Chaix
The Globe
2024
pastels, acrylic, ink on paper
30"x42"
Corinne Chaix
La maman des poissons
2023
Pastels and acrylic on paper
14"x24" with frame
Corinne Chaix
Sanctuary
2024
pastels, acrylic, ink on canvas
40"x30"
Corinne Chaix
Let’s Dance
2024
acrylic, pastels and ink on canvas
40"x30"
Corinne Chaix
The Ocean Bed
2024
Pastels and acrylic on paper
28“x28"
Corinne Chaix
Vessel
2024
pastels, acrylic, ink on paper
10"x8"
Corinne Chaix
The Portrait of An Artist
2020
pastels, acrylic, ink on paper
22"x30"
Corinne Chaix
The Artist Studio Sketch
2024
Pastels, acrylic, ink on paper
8"x8"
Yiwei Gallery is pleased to present The Artist Studio, the gallery’s second solo exhibition with French artist Corinne Chaix. The exhibition showcases 10 of Chaix’s latest work on both canvas and paper, collectively constructing a surreal world built on contrasts, where uncanny, uninhabitable backdrops coexist with the flourishing of life.
Inspired by science fiction novels, Chaix paints fantastical narrative landscapes that transport viewers into surreal underwater world. Her otherworldly landscapes—merging wild nature with domestic settings—explore themes of coexistence, duality, transformation, the passage of time, and the tension between illusion and reality.
Chaix’s practices involve multiple layers of various medium. Acrylics form the foundation, while pastels create a transparent effect. She then layers ink to evoke the mysterious glow and tonality of her underwater scenes. Sometimes, she introduces a subtle shimmer using metallic silver, enhancing the dreamlike atmosphere.
Through her paintings, Chaix opens discussions on human passivity and our bizarre behaviors while in the face of danger and environmental issues. Her storytelling is mysterious and open-ended, inviting personal interpretation and encouraging each viewer to uncover their own meaning within the work.
As Yiwei Gallery will soon move to a new location, The Artist Studio, the second solo show of Chaix at Yiwei Gallery, also marks the conclusion of our beloved Venice location where Corinne Chaix: In Case of Emergency (2021) was the first solo show of the gallery.
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« Nous pouvons braver les lois humaines, mais nous ne pouvons pas résister aux lois naturelles »
“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones” ― Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Yiwei Gallery is pleased to feature the French artist, Corinne Chaix, who creates fantastical narratives through a science fiction inspired lens in her work. Analogous to the chaos we are faced with in the world today, we can feel a sense of impending doom, of drowning in disaster when we look at her work, and a sense that all hope is not lost.
Like a book’s narrative, the longer you read Chaix’s paintings, the more clues you are given about the plot of the story––the interpretation of which, largely depends on the viewer. Her paintings encourage viewers to suspend their disbelief, blurring the line between imagination and reality. Employing a sometimes larger than life format on canvas or paper, Chaix uses a predominantly green palette of pastels, oil, and ink on her work to immerse people in her world. The isolated, caged people in suffocating floods in her work may create surreal dreamscapes, but in present times amidst a global pandemic, they transcend science fiction and resemble reality. Despite the disaster, Chaix holds onto hope and the idea that maybe everyone will survive, which we can see through the endurance of the people in her work.
Born in Paris, France, Chaix is influenced by novels such as Jules Verne’s french sci-fi adventure classic, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, in both the subject matter of her work and in how she uses fiction to make social commentary on human passivity and our bizarre behaviors while in the face of danger and environmental issues. After studying fine arts, computer science, and animation and having shows across Paris, New York, and California, she moved to and is currently living in Venice, CA.
For additional information, please contact info@yiweigallery.com
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