Jeanne Vicerial: Armours is the first monograph dedicated to the French artist whose textile sculptures reframe the female body as a site of structural and political inquiry, gathering fifteen new works alongside critical texts from leading thinkers.
About This Book
Vicerial's practice sits at a charged intersection: the industrial logic of the textile industry, the politics of made-to-measure versus ready-to-wear, and the social construction of femininity. Armours does not document a career so much as crystallise a position. The fifteen textile sculptures assembled here are accompanied by archival images, an unpublished philosophical text by Emanuele Coccia, and a conversation between Vicerial and art historian Ida Soulard — together building a rigorous intellectual framework around work that is, at its core, deeply material. Published to coincide with Vicerial's 2023 exhibition at Templon Gallery in Paris, this is an essential document of contemporary textile art and feminist sculptural practice.
Key Features
- 104 pages of textile sculpture photography and archival imagery
- Edited by Théa Chevalin; texts by philosopher Emanuele Coccia and art historian Ida Soulard
- Approximately fifteen new textile sculptures documented across various formats
- Published by Templon, 2023
What You'll Discover
- How Vicerial's armour forms challenge the coded relationship between clothing construction and the female body
- Emanuele Coccia's unpublished philosophical text, situating the sculptures within broader questions of materiality and embodiment
- The tension between industrial textile production and bespoke making as a feminist critical strategy
- A conversation between Vicerial and Ida Soulard that traces the conceptual lineage and social stakes of the Armours series
About the Author
[Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 104
- Dimensions: 225 x 280 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9782917515471
- Publisher: Templon
- Publication Date: 2023
Perfect For: Fashion theorists, textile artists, curators, and readers invested in the intersections of feminist practice, material culture, and contemporary sculpture.