“Muse en Scène”

At 14 already, Catherine Wilkening
directed and played Antigone by Jean Anouilh.

She become an actress and pursue a career in cinema:
Jesus of Montreal by Denys Arcand, La Crise by Coline Serreau,
La Tribu by Yves Boisset, Le Coeur des hommes by Marc Esposito.
She also wrote Les Mots Avalés but she says it loud and clear:

« It was the porcelain that saved my life ».

Committed sculptor,
she expresses her passion for matter and free expression.
It was thanks to Andréa Ferréol and her famous
Flâneries d’Art in Aix en Provence that we met.
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A HUMAN AND CREATIVE CRUSH

This season is the story of an artistic closed-door where
different sequences are shot in his Parisian studio.

Catherine Wilkening’s works and unique Haute Couture
pieces come together as naturally as possible.
The most striking scene is surely that of Madonnas,
the latest creations of Catherine Wilkening.
His Madonnas are adorned with gold and porcelain,
materials and accumulations are the key words, a shared vision, moreover,
many of the works appear in this film as so many evocations to her Art.
It is, also, a hymn to all the women artists
who freed themselves in the 20th century.
The collection is organized around this closed room,
a lingerie spirit emerges from some of the outfits,
lace and embroidery play a key role.
The masculine feminine is not to be outdone,
she appears in several scenes.
The tapered trousers with ironed pleats and
the large masculine trousers with pleats
complete the work outfit, the vegetal silhouette
or even the academic style.

Black and white make it easy to read
like positive / negative photo film.


"A return to basics.”


— Franck Sorbier