GUEST ARTIST – EXHIBITION “JEUX… CERAMICS “ – LABEL OFFICIEL ‘ OLYMPIADE CULTURELLE ’ JO PARIS 2024 – GALERIE TERRES D’ALIGRE – Paris – France

• June 21 to September 20, 2024

• Group exhibition

• Vernissages on Friday June 21 and Saturday June 22 from 5pm to 9pm.

Terres d’Aligre is a Parisian art gallery and bookshop dedicated exclusively to contemporary ceramics. The gallery’s artistic program excels in the diversity of themes and aesthetic universes surrounding this art form.

This time, the Terres d’Aligre gallery is giving carte blanche to thirty guest artists who are inspired by the topical theme of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The exhibition has been awarded the official “Cultural Olympiad” label of the Paris 2024 Olympics. It runs during the Olympics and until September 20, 2024.

Florence Lemiegre will be present at the opening on Friday June 21 and will be delighted to present two “Olympic Ceramic Stars” and her artwork “Olympic Ceramic Cobblestones”, creations created especially for this exhibition.

Exposition « Jeux... Céramiques », label Olympiade Culturelle Paris 2024, JO PARIS 2024 - Œuvre « Étoile céramique Olympique, natation artistique » de Florence Lemiegre, programmation culturelle Paris JO 2024, galerie Terres d'Aligres, étoile olympique, création de Florence Lemiegre, Natation artistique, JO 2024, Paris JO 2024, sculpture céramique contemporaine « Étoile Olympique Breakdance » - Pièce unique — “Olympic Star – Artistic swimming” – Unique piece – High relief
Earthenware – Fine white chamotte and red Normandy clays
Width: 8,6614 inch – Length: 13,7795 inch – Height: 4,7244 inch – Weight: 2,2046226 lb
Contemporary ceramic sculpture by Florence Lemiegre

The artist Florence Lemiegre tells us why she accepted the invitation:

It’s with great pleasure that I accepted to take part in the “Céramiques Olympiques” exhibition at the Terres d’Aligre gallery.

This invitation offers me, as a sculptural ceramic artist, a great opportunity to explore new dimensions of my art and engage with broader themes of human achievement and resilience.

Although my work is not initially linked to Olympic and sports themes, taking up the challenge of creating pieces for such an exhibition allows me to push my creative boundaries and tap into the universal language of athletics and competition. What’s more, it inevitably led me to reflect on the intersection of art, sport and culture.

And so, as I immerse myself in this exercise, I not only broaden my artistic horizons, but also realize that ceramic art and the Olympic Games, though seemingly unrelated, are ultimately linked by deep parallels that speak to the very essence of human endeavor and achievement.

Ceramists meticulously work and shape clay, giving it life and meaning, just like athletes who train relentlessly to perfect their art and achieve the pinnacle of physical excellence.

Each ceramic work can have a symbolic meaning, evoking emotions and ideas beyond its physical form; the emblematic symbols of the Olympic flame and the interlocking rings also have a deeper significance, echoing cooperation, excellence and peace.