Caroline Mesquita presents for this Art Club selection of seven plastic compositions and three videos created in 2022 and inspired by the vast ancient sculptural repertoire of Rome and the Villa Medici.

They are eight “masks” in patinated brass inspired by human faces (Romeo, Silvia, Billy, Georgia, Giorgio) or animals (Oiseau, Ippo, Toro). Translating their profiles and expressions into geometric solutions, Caroline Mesquita reworks these heads in her own way in an approach inspired by the artists of the avant-garde, between cubism, constructivism, surrealism and Bauhaus. These creations also recall the faces, portraits and busts of the Villa Medici which resonate with the contemporary faces of the artist.

She also proposes a selection of videos where the characters, halfway between men and machines, resemble bio-mechanical creatures. These video creations could be described as “retro-futuristic”: they use the codes of science fiction but with a patina of another time. Another characteristic element of these works is the theatrical and cinematographic tone that Caroline Mesquita imbues in the banal scenes of everyday life that she represents, by juxtaposing a large number of references.

Like the masks presented in this Art Club, these video creations address a set of themes that have been at the heart of the artist’s creative journey since the beginning.

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