
Sylvie Fleury
Born in 1961 in Geneva, where she continues to live
and work, Sylvie Fleury emerged in the early 90’s as a
significant figure on the international art stage.
Fleury’s “shopping bag” installations, which she
included in some of her earliest exhibitions, laid the
foundations for a body of work that would draw on
elements from both twentieth-century art and
consumer society. Exploiting paradoxes and the
ambiguity of futility, Fleury went on to develop a
diverse oeuvre that continually expanded the range of
its interpretations. Luxury clothing and accessories,
the world of Formula 1 racing, modern and
contemporary art icons (from Piet Mondrian to Andy
Warhol or John McCracken), magazine covers, and
oversized everyday objects: Sylvie Fleury has forged an
artistic sensibility that continually reinvents itself,
layering its meanings upon one another, and finding
new ways to explore our collective consciousness.