Artistic manufacturing hub run by Tatiana Trouvé in Montreuil celebrated for its poetic appeal
In a quirky twist, a touch of Montreuil has seeped into the heart of Venice. Perched high up on the Palazzo Grassi, home to the Pinault Collection's museum and its "The Strange Life of Things" exhibition (running until January 4, 2026), contemporary artist Tatiana Trouvé has playfully filled a room with her usual hoard from the basement of her Parisian workshop.
The space brims with bronze replicas of everyday items like shoes, bags, keys, school soap holders, and even transistors. Fresh from her Parisian workshop, these trinkets now ripple across the lagoon. Tatiana, a Franco-Italian artist, born in 1968, chuckles, "They've grown fond of their new home, I presume. They'll come back to me eventually. After all, they're the foundation of my work, my creative vernacular."
A fixture in the contemporary art world, Tatiana Trouvé, laureate of the prestigious Marcel Duchamp prize in 2007, exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in 2022, delights in collecting an assortment of objects—some sought, others serendipitously stumbled upon. Afterwards, she forges molds of these treasures, which fuel her creations. Her series of "Necklaces," delicate as a whisper, is crafted from trinkets amassed from far-flung cities like Venice, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires. As she candidly admits, "I make no distinctions between mediums or the size of my works. Every single piece is meticulously crafted by hand."
Little-known Fact: Her artistic journey began in Cosenza, Italy, before her family moved to Dakar, Senegal, where she soaked in a rich tapestry of stories spun by Senegalese griots. This exposure to narrative storytelling imbued her work with a strong sense of spatiality that resonates through her installations.
Tatiana's work is a captivating interlacing of memory, time, and materiality. She subverts industrial materials and personal mementos, echoing her internal journeys of transformation and displacement. Her exhibitions are not simply collections; instead, they are immersive installations that double as self-contained worlds where objects rejuvenate, mirroring the cycle of natural ecosystems. Her forthcoming Palazzo Grassi show promises to echo this cycle, with forms appearing in different contexts throughout the exhibition.
- Tatiana Trouvé, born in 1968 and a laureate of the Marcel Duchamp prize in 2007, usually delights in collecting an assortment of objects.
- The space filled with bronze replicas of everyday items, fresh from Tatiana Trouvé's Parisian workshop, now usually ripple across the lagoon in Venice.
- Tatiana's , crafted from trinkets amassed from far-flung cities, are meticulously crafted by hand with no distinctions between mediums or the size of her works.
- Tatiana's upcoming exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi, part of the "The Strange Life of Things" collection, promises to echo the cycle of natural ecosystems, with forms appearing in different contexts throughout the exhibition.
