The Art World Works From Home: Artist Sylvie Fleury Is Playing Badminton and Contemplating the ‘Concept of Dust’

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May 12, 2020

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The art world may be on lockdown, but it certainly does not
stop. During this unprecedented time, we’re checking in with
art-world professionals, collectors, and artists to get a glimpse
into how they are working from home.

The Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury turns high heels, designer
handbags, golden shopping carts, and other symbols of gender-based
consumerism into highly stylized sculptures and installations.

“When I was younger, I remember people asking me, ‘So do you
paint?’” Fleury once told Vogue. “And I
would say, ‘Yeah. Sometimes I paint my eyeliner.’”

We checked in with Fleury to see how she’s handling life in
lockdown and what she’s most looking forward to when normalcy
returns.

Sylvie Fleury’s cat in her home office.
Courtesy of the artist.

Where is your new “office” or
“studio”?

At home, where I spend my
confinement.

What are you working on right now?

Dusting off, house, ideas, artworks,
and soul.

How has your work changed now that you are doing it from
home?

Recently, I started to think more
about the concept of dust.

What are you reading, both online and off?

Hara, The Vital Center of Man
by Karlfried Graf Dürckheim and Art, Sex, Music by
Cosey Fanni Tutti.

Have you visited any good virtual exhibitions
recently?

No.

Have you taken up any new hobbies?

Playing badminton.

What is the first place you want to travel to once this
is over?

Any sandy beach providing good
swimming.

If you are feeling stuck while self-isolating, what’s
your best method for getting un-stuck?

Letting myself be stuck.

Sylvie Fleury, Eternity Now
(2015). Courtesy of The Bass Museum of Art. Image ©Silvia Ros.

What was the last TV show, movie, or YouTube video you
watched?

Opening Night by John
Cassavetes.

If you could have one famous work of art with you, what
would it be?

Ant Farm’s Cadillac
Ranch.

Favorite recipe to cook at home?

Fennel carpaccio (thinly sliced
fennel, peeled pink grapefruit, dill, walnut oil, and some ground
pepper).

What are you most looking forward to doing once social
distancing has been lifted?

Hugging trees.

Sylvie Fleury will appear in
conversation with Bass Museum director Silvia Cubina on May
21 at 11 a.m. EST, viewable live on the Bass
museum’s Facebook page and on the museum’s YouTube channel.

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