Discover the unique papier-mâché sculptures, painted and varnished, by French artist Wabé in her exhibition "Free and Strong!" at the Galerie Claire Corcia, Paris.
"Free and strong!
That's who I am,
free with my forms, strong with my colors,
the two always intertwined.
Talking about this work is no simple matter.
Everything moves, everything dances around me and within me.
There is gentleness and anger in this expression.
The rounded shapes unfold, the colors intertwine, organize themselves.
When I paint on the forms, a music emerges.
In apparent chaos, I seek a balance, that of colors responding to one another.
The faces look at us; there are simply faces with wide, questioning, or slightly surprised eyes: but what do they see?
Our fears and our joys, the darkness of our hearts as well." I tell stories of little girls who travel to a parallel world.
I tirelessly search for answers to my inner turmoil.
I speak of Alice, of the father of the mother, of rape, of the fox, of the dragon, of powerful women, of the volcano, of tears, of dreams, of oceans, and of whispers…
Wabé, December 2025
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