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Déflorée Self 05 | Pressing in Art & Wall Decor by Valérie Hallier. Item made of canvas
Déflorée Self 05 | Pressing in Art & Wall Decor by Valérie Hallier. Item made of canvas

Created and Sold by Valérie Hallier

Valérie Hallier

Déflorée Self 05 - Art & Wall Decor

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Handmade

Woman Owned

Sustainable

Made In USA

Natural Materials

Locally Sourced

DimensionsWeight
40H x 30W x 2D in
101.6H x 76.2W x 5.08D cm
5.44 kg
12 lb

Pressed flower petals on canvas, polyurethane varnish
2021
H: 40" x W: 30" x D: 2”
On-going series of self-portraits made of pressed flower petals. The collages emphasize both our ultimate connection with our natural environment, we are made of the same things, as well as the idea of releasing control as a way to reconnect with our deepest selves. Like the Surrealists’ automatic writing or drawing, my process with this series is intuitive and improvised, without any pre-conception of what the resulting composition will be. The mirroring effect as the only constraint, accentuates the irregularities and the human touch despite the "automatic" repetition. In-between nature and culture, human-altered and symbolically potent, flowers in my work speak of our disconnection with the natural world, with the feminine and with our own human nature, its carnal and finite qualities.

Item Déflorée Self 05
Created by Valérie Hallier
As seen in Creator's Studio, New York, NY
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Valérie Hallier
Meet the Creator
Wescover creator since 2022
Using real flower petals, my work questions our disconnection with the natural world. We are nature.

Born in France, Valérie Hallier came to NYC with a Fulbright Scholarship and graduated from the School of Visual Arts in Computer Arts. Her early multimedia work received prizes at ACM Siggraph, SCAN Arts Symposium (PA), Ars Electronica in Finland and Anima Mundi in Brazil. Most recently Hallier was the recipient of a Contemporary Art Foundation grant and a MAAF (NYSCA & WaveFarm) grant. Her work has been shown internationally at NARS Foundation, A.I.R. gallery, BAC, BRIC, LMCC Arts Center, SOMArts (CA), the ESAM (France), Liverpool Independent Biennial (UK)… Valerie worked on public art commissions for the Drawing Center and LMCC (NYC) and was chosen for the first BRIC Biennial in Brooklyn in 2014. Artist residencies include Pioneer Works, NARS, Trestle, Harvestworks, LMCC arts Center on Governors Island and currently, 4Heads Portal AIR.