Gaëlle Guingant-Convert captures nature in all its reality. Her art consists of transcribing the true. Through the series of amphibians in glazed stoneware, she perfectly illustrates a purist approach. The artist’s gaze lingers on the folds of the skin, on the sticky and lumpy texture, without seeking to compose with the beautiful or the less beautiful. Without cheating. Her approach is a face-to-face with reality, far from sweetened, embellished, or poeticized representations.The sculptors take shape from the observation of nature or from encyclopedia pages. They present themselves as they are. It is our turn to observe them without averting our gaze and to appreciate their particular beauty. Their finery nestles precisely in this unvarnished and unretouched representation. Beyond being an unfiltered artist, Gaëlle Guingant-Convert boasts a unique eye that captures the animal world as it is.

This spring, she draws inspiration
from La Fontaine’s Fables
to compose unusual duets

Gaëlle Guingant-Convert was born in 1971 in Paris.A self-taught member of the Ateliers d’Art de France, she lives and works in Salies-de-Béarn (Pyrénées Atlantiques).