Galerie Gisela Capitain is pleased to present Isabella Ducrots first solo exhibition with the gallery.
In her extensive travels from Russia to the Far East, she developed a particular interest in fabrics from Eastern Europe and began studying the many differences in the textile traditions of China, India, Turkey and Central Asia. Over the years, she has amassed a collection of rare fabrics of historical interest, and felt an urgent need to transform them into objects. In the exhibition La bella terra Ducrot repeats and therefore emphasises the beauty of life, the beauty of things, which seem to disappear: nature, love, but also the very simple and ordinary things that surround us, like a teapot or a piece of fabric, and their colours and shapes.
In a very poetic and nevertheless playful way, Ducrot’s work draws our attention to the beauty and significance of these subjects. Their existence is as fragile as the works themselves appear to be, but at the same time there is a sense of inherent energy, warmth and joy.