Claudine Drai
1951The works of Claudine Drai, a visual artist, combine paper, bronze, perfume, speech and light. In 1994, she met Barbara Le Portz, the President of Fragrance Inspirations, and began her first research on perfume, devoting herself to writing texts and integrating olfaction into her creations, which she still pursues today.
At the 57th edition of the Venice Biennale in 2017, Claudine Drai presented an unprecedented project that mobilised interlinking worlds: a meeting between contemporary art, poetry, culinary art and haute couture, which brought together the Michelin-starred chef Guy Martin, the fashion designer Hubert Barrère and the writer Olivier Kaeppelin. That same year, the collective exhibition “Intuition” at the Fortuny Palace in Venice also showcased the essence of Claudine Drai’s work. In 2017, Guy Martin brought contemporary art to the Grand Véfour by entrusting the private lounge of this historic site to the artist.
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“Perfume, light, space are experienced as emotions that unfold, as a sensitive history that runs parallel to the history of the gaze.”
Claudine Drai (interview with Harry Bellet)
Artworks
Claudine Drai
Sans titre, 2013
Tengucho paper on canvas
195 x 130 x 38 cm | 76 3/4 x 51 1/8 x 15 in.
Claudine Drai, Sans titre
2013
Claudine Drai, Sans titre
2015
Exhibitions
Art Fairs
Artists
- Karel Appel
- Victor Brauner
- Alberto Burri
- Alexander Calder
- Lynn Chadwick
- Geneviève Claisse
- Claudine Drai
- Jean Dubuffet
- Jorge Eduardo Eielson
- Sam Francis
- Simon Hantaï
- Hans Hartung
- Le Corbusier
- Fernand Léger
- Mao Lizi
- Georges Mathieu
- Alicia Penalba
- Serge Poliakoff
- Judit Reigl
- Jean-Paul Riopelle
- Gérard Schneider
- Pierre Soulages
- Geer van Velde
- Victor Vasarely
- Bernar Venet
- Claude Viallat
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
- Ossip Zadkine