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JULIETTE STURLÈSE
In Juliette Sturlèse’s most recent series completed in 2023, A little mouse was running through the grass, the artist’s playful layering of colour and meaning finds a new material outlet: astroturf, discovered in a bin near her studio. The spongy, bristly texture of this synthetic slice of nature is somehow reminiscent of public hair; thrown into the matrix of the canvas’s other inhabitants, the plasticky interloper is both a cheeky and sensual feminine presence.

Limaçons dans le gazon
2023
Oil, beeswax, and recycled turf on canvas
190 x 210 cm
(74 7/8 x 82 5/8 in)
Unique
(JStu005.23)
GBP 8,000 (exc. VAT)

Jardin, chaise et coccinelle
2023
Oil, beeswax, and recycled turf on canvas
165 x 150 cm
(65 x 59 1/8 in)
Unique
(JStu006.23)
GBP 6,300 (exc. VAT)

Pelouse au soleil
2023
Oil, beeswax, and recycled turf on canvas
140 x 150 cm
(55 1/8 x 59 1/8 in)
Unique
(JStu007.23)
GBP 5,800 (exc. VAT)

Dans le ciel
2023
Oil and beeswax on canvas
140 x 120 cm
(55 1/8 x 47 1/4 in)
Unique
(JStu008.23)
GBP 5,200 (exc. VAT)
In the sunny expanse of Pelouse au soleil, the fake grass hovers above a sapphire blue rectangle like a peninsula or boomerang; meanwhile, manifesting in the mash-mash landscaping of Jardin, chaise et coccinelle, the turf appears to hover between blue and green islands, facing off against a Francophilic blob bedecked with red-and-white stripes.

Mon chien Figaro dans le jardin
2023
Oil, beeswax, and recycled turf on canvas
120 x 140 cm
(47 1/4 x 55 1/8 in)
Unique
(JStu009.23)
GBP 5,200 (exc. VAT)

Tasse à café et chaise de jardin
2023
Oil and beeswax on canvas
31 x 36 cm
(12 1/4 x 14 1/4 in)
Unique
(JStu010.23)
GBP 1,350 (exc. VAT)
A small, light pink orb—which Sturlèse affectionately terms as her own presence in each painting—hovers alongside a magenta swatch, as if watching the bigger shapes hash things out on the lawn.

La nuit au jardin
2023
Oil and beeswax on canvas
31 x 36 cm
(12 1/4 x 14 1/4 in)
Unique
(JStu011.23)
SOLD

Une souris verte, qui courait dans l’herbe…
2023
Oil and beeswax on canvas
31 x 36 cm
(12 1/4 x 14 1/4 in)
Unique
(JStu012.23)
GBP 1,350 (exc. VAT)

Rose au ballon (hommage à Félix Valloton)
2023
Oil and beeswax on canvas
31 x 36 cm
(12 1/4 x 14 1/4 in)
Unique
(JStu013.23)
GBP 1,350 (exc. VAT)

Chalkboard du jardin (hommage à CY Twombly)
2023
Oil and beeswax on canvas
36 x 46 cm
(14 1/4 x 18 1/8 in)
Unique
(JStu014.23)
GBP 1,650 (exc. VAT)