I am extremely happy, and proud, to participate in the “BLEU de travail” (workwear) exhibition presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Beyond the incredible artistic proposal proposed by Olivier Muzellec and the Non-Lieu‘s team, it is a real wonder to discover the magnificent Cavrois-Mahieu Textile Factory, an undeniable industrial heritage, wonderfully highlighted, with the last passage crossing one of its two preserved chimney, and the huge stokehole where are presented, among other things, the magnificent unique pieces of the Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ‘s collection.
Photographer Eric Valdenaire poses on September 18, 2020 in front of a print from his “reprises” (mending) series, presented at the “BLEU de travail” (workwear) exhibition at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix, France.
“BLEU de travail” (workwear). An exhibition organized by the Non-Lieu, as part of the 2020 edition of Beffrois du Travail, in partnership with the National Archives of the World of Work, the Villa Cavrois and the ESAAT, the College of Art, Design and Textiles in Roubaix.
With the participation of the artists Anne BRETON, Swan CAZAUX, Kim CREIGHTON, Françoise DECOSTER, Raphaël DECOSTER, Paul DESRAVINES, LES FAUX-AMIS, Agnès HARDY, Philippe HOLLEVOUT, Muriel KLEINHOLTZ, Andy KRAFT, Ysabel DE MAISONNEUVE, Julien MOREL, Christelle MOTTE, Thanh NGUYEN, Philippe PAOLI, REGARDER POUR SORTIR (Valéry PELLETIER, Ivan POLLIART), Virginie REYNAERT, Mitsugu SASAKI, Frédéric TENTELIER, Éric VALDENAIRE, Amélie VIDGRAIN.
And unique pieces from the Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ‘s collection, ready-to-wear from Mont Saint-Michel and Clivia Nobili, and work clothes from L’Ascenseur Confection (Merville).
ERIC VALDENAIRE
Reprises, 2014
Digital photography
Digital print on paper
The photographic series “reprises” (mending) by photographer Eric Valdenaire is presented at the “BLEU de travail” (workwear) exhibition at the Cavrois-Mahieu factory in Roubaix, France, from September 18 to October 4, 2020. In the background, illuminated in blue, appears the last passage crossing one of the two preserved chimneys of the factory.
Andy KRAFT
BLEUE : mettre un bleu pour manger, 2020
Installation (1.2 kg of BLEUES in 3D, 1 box of BLEUES, 17 ink drawings + names of BLEUE)
Andy KRAFT – BLEUE | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Virginie REYNAERT
Travail de bleus, 2020
Weaving
Virginie REYNAERT – Travail de bleus | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Mitsugu SASAKI
Super Boro Boro Jacket, 2020
Textile, boro
A hybridization between Japanese workwear (Noragi) and that of Europe (blue): the poor farmers of Japan made their moragi last by repairing it, transforming it into a real patchwork. This boro technique is applied to two European workwears.
Mitsugu SASAKI – Super Boro Boro Jacket | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Agnès HARDY
Les poches-ailes, 2020
USIFOR workwear and fabric pockets with stenciled paint
Agnès HARDY – Les poches-ailes | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Kim CREIGHTON
Le sommeil du travailleur est doux, 2020
Pickaxe, velvet, blue cotton, resin
Kim CREIGHTON – Le sommeil du travailleur est doux | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
View of the “BLEU de travail” exhibition (workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix.
Valery PELLETIER
Reprisage, 2020
50 cyanotypes on cotton
Valery PELLETIER – Reprisage | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Amélie VIDGRAIN
La main qui tient l’outil ressemble à la main qui tient l’outil, 2020
Engraved wood / glass jar / shavings
Amélie VIDGRAIN – La main qui tient l’outil ressemble à la main qui tient l’outil | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Ysabel DE MAISONNEUVE
“Souviens toi d’Akizuki”
Like the ghost spirits of the Noh theater. Memory of women dressed in blue, bent over in the rice fields
1994 (year in Japan without Akizuki village)
Linen, banana fiber, indigo vegetable dye, gradient and shibori
Ysabel DE MAISONNEUVE – “Souviens toi d’Akizuki” | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Le Mont Saint Michel
Vestes de travail
Moleskine, different colors
Le Mont Saint Michel – Vestes de travail | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Muriel KLEINHOLTZ
Bleu reliquaire, 2020
Embroidery, painting, glass
Muriel KLEINHOLTZ – Bleu reliquaire | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Françoise DECOSTER
Nénette, 2020
Paper mache and pigment work
Françoise DECOSTER – Nénette | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ’s collection
Set of blue workwears (jackets, blouses, pants, overalls, coveralls, marcels, briefs)
Unique pieces from Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ’s collection | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ’s collection
Set of blue workwears (jackets, blouses, pants, overalls, coveralls, marcels, briefs)
Unique pieces from Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ’s collection | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
Three workwears belonging to Marcel FOLLET (born in 1911)
Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ’s collection
Biaudes (Farmers blouses, central France).
Three workwears belonging to Marcel FOLLET | Unique pieces from Tuulikki CHOMPRÉ’s collection | Exhibition “BLEU de travail”(workwear) presented from September 18 to October 4, 2020 in Roubaix, France.
