Jeanne Vicerial's city-wide exhibition 'Incarnation: Carte blanche Jeanne Vicerial' opens across multiple historic venues in Aix-en-Provence, including Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme, Musée des Tapisseries, Chapelle de la Visitation, and Musée Granet. The show features textile sculptures and installations from recent years, such as the Armors series and works like 'Gisante de cœur' that reference medieval armor and burial traditions through a feminine lens. The exhibition runs from June 13 to October 4.
This exhibition matters because it places contemporary textile art in direct dialogue with centuries-old architecture and museum collections, highlighting how textiles carry memory and embody dualities of presence and absence, protection and vulnerability. Vicerial's work challenges traditional art historical narratives by reimagining medieval forms through a feminist perspective, using materials like rope, thread, and bronze to explore themes of femininity, history, and the body.