MATHIEU FROSSARD
The work of Mathieu Frossard stands somewhere between art, design and craft. Looking at these practices from a distance, he is willing to blur boundaries and to question any sort of hierarchy that might exists between them.
His work is like a collage of aesthetic references, shapes and materials, offering multiple paths for the viewer to apprehend it.
It questions diverse aspects of contemporary creation like “good taste”, beauty, or function.
Even if Mathieu’s work is a personal expression based on his intuitive way to connect ideas, visual elements and personal feelings, the artifacts he creates are thought to be shared and appropriated by others.
By using popular references easily identifiable by the many, he gives to the viewers visual references they can grasp and interpret as their owns. Pushing them to confront their own imaginative faculties and being creative as they experience what they see.
He gives clues, so they can build upon them and ultimately remain free to write their own stories. Now exploring more with ceramics, Mathieu is interested in what this medium tells and represents as a collective reference, at the same time associated to functional objects, decorative art or sculpture.
His practice mainly revolves around hand-building and sculpting, embellishment and decoration through the technic of hand drawing. The pieces he creates are artifacts gathering thoughts, assessment, interrogations, hopes and fears about the contemporary era he (and other persons) lives in.
