Drawing on femininity, botany, and ancient photos, the silkscreen prints of Adeline Meilliez are a study in plasticism, where beauty is in search of meaning. As she continues to travel on a path of permanent creation, Adeline speaks of rebirth, blossoming, and resilience.
At the core of her story is the journey. With a pack on her back or in an artist residency, her first forays into creation blend painting and photography, filling traveller’s notebooks that set the tone for her work. India, Israël, Africa, New York, then Berlin, where she has lived for the last ten years. Her studies in illustration at HEAR (Haute École des Arts du Rhin) in Strasbourg, followed by her time at the Textile Design atelier of the École des Beaux–Arts in Mulhouse, quickly led her to explore silkscreen printing.
With the use of fabric came the question of femininity. Constantly challenging its codes, Adeline does not hesitate to isolate lace clothing, to use makeup – lipstick or blusher – as ink. In her investigations, she pushes the limits imposed upon her and creates a continual, shifting interrogation. Adeline is of the opinion that everything is to be invented, experimented, built. Medium and format become tangible affirmations of her impressions.
Floral motifs remain central to her work, but evolve from their traditional and decorative origins, in search of meaning. They allow for an exploration of the fleeting and the fragile, giving her free rein to express a vibrant explosion of colours. Subtle and formal constructions reveal fluorescent, bright or darker tones, equal parts opaque and transparent. In her latest creations, she further explores the importance of transparency in her work on superimposition. Ancient photographic portraits reframe absence in an explosion of colour, transparency allowing light to shine through and breathe life into substance. Vibrancy becomes an answer to beauty in a movement that is ample, experiential, and almost ritualistic.
www.adelinemeilliez.com
@adelinescreenprint
Words by Valérie Bisson.
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