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Raymonde Arcier | |
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| Born | 13 November 1939 Bellac, France |
| Died | 7 May 2026 (aged 86) |
| Education | Paris 8 University |
| Occupations | Artist, activist |
Raymonde Arcier (French: [ʁɛmˈɔ̃d aʁsjˈe]; 13 November 1939 – 7 May 2026) was a French artist and feminist activist.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Bellac on 13 November 1939, Arcier grew up in a modest family and worked in an office while pursuing sociology studies at Paris 8 University.[2] A self-taught artist, she joined the feminist movement, she created oversized versions of shopping bags, floor cloths, and other such items to underscore the significance of the tasks they represented.[3] She also created knitted works using metal wires and rarely exhibited in public spaces, preferring to only show her works in feminist circles.[4] She frequently employed humor, notably in her work Au nom du Père, which depicted a monumental, three-meter-tall woman carrying groceries and a child.[5] In the 1970s, she had the privilege of exhibiting in a studio led by Hessie alongside the likes of Dorothée Selz and Caroline Lee.[6] She was a key figure in the feminist art movement and concentrated much of her work on embroidery, sewing, weaving, and knitting.[7][8] In 1971, she participated in the publication, writing, and sale of the newspaper Le torchon brûle.[9] In 2017, she participated in a group exhibition at La Maison Rouge in Paris.[10] In 2018, her work Au nom du père was acquired by the Centre Pompidou.[11]
Arcier died on 7 May 2026, at the age of 86.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "L'artiste féministe Raymonde ARCIER est décédée le 7 mai 2026, à l'âge de 86 ans". Textile Art (in French).
- ↑ Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices (in French). Éditions des femmes. 2015. ISBN 978-2-7210-0651-6. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ Bard, Christine; Chaperon, Sylvie (2017). Dictionnaire des féministes : France, XVIIIe – XXIe siècle (in French). Presses universitaires de France. ISBN 978-2-13-078720-4. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ Dumont, F. (2006). Implication féministe et processus créatif dans les années 1970 en France : les œuvres de Raymonde Arcier et Nil Yalter (in French). Éditions universitaires de Dijon.
- ↑ Wolf, Laurent (18 March 2017). "Vertige du sexe et batailles d'idées: voyage au cœur des contre-cultures françaises". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ Dumont, Fabienne (20 June 2016). "Actualités de quelques sorcières des années 1970 françaises". AWARE Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ Quinby, Diana (December 2004). "De l'art et du féminisme en France dans les années 1970". Archives du Féminisme (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ Gonnard, Catherine; Lebovici, Elisabeth (2007). Femmes artistes, artistes femmes : Paris, de 1880 à nos jours (in French). Paris: Hazan. p. 323. ISBN 978-2-7541-0206-3. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ "Le Torchon Brûle". Raymonde Arcier (in French). Archived from the original on 30 April 2018.
- ↑ "L'esprit français Contre-cultures, 1969-1989". La Maison Rouge (in French).
- ↑ Dumas, Bertrand (8 October 2018). "Raymonde Arcier : Au nom du père". Le Journal des arts (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ "Raymonde Arcier (1939-2026)". Centre national des arts plastiques (in French). 11 May 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.