Exosquelette de courageuse 1

Isabelle RocheMars delves into the invisible world of the infinitely small. Here, she uses her paint, prepared with sediments collected from the ocean floor, to reveal costumes on a human scale against a black background. For her, these are exoskeletons drawn from her interpretation of microscopic worlds. Much like a plant cell surrounded by its calcareous exoskeleton, she depicts costumes composed of these tiny vessels with their intricately complex shapes, which are like suits of armor.
Their shape evokes the human protections used by astronauts, vulcanologists, divers, deep-sea divers, aviators, surgeons, beekeepers, firefighters... Professions that command admiration for the boldness required to venture into hostile environments. Isabelle Rochemars conceives these costume representations as "exoskeletons of courage": the courage needed in general, the courage required as a woman artist, but above all, the courage to forget one's physical body by surrounding it with the immense strength of the marvelous.