QUARTZ

Valérie Potvin

Sculpture - Epoxy resin

60 x 3 x 90 cm

Valérie Potvin’s QUARTZ exhibition explores the metaphor of the “female body as battlefield” in relation to feminicide and women’s rights struggles, and highlights how female bodies are often at the center of social, political and economic conflicts. The artist presents Berlin audiences with a ground-breaking ecofeminist work that associates the destruction of nature with that of women, establishing a visual link between the female body and the mineral world. The body appears as a ghost, either encapsulated in a green crystalline resin, or colorless; frozen, adorned with snakes, or in a posture suggesting a sacred or ritual dimension. The work plunges the visitor into a strange fictional universe, a world where these female bodies and nature seem to regain their power in the face of destruction. By offering an open space for reflection, the work questions the contradictions inherent in our world, oscillating between light and darkness, and revealing the complexities of the human condition.