Marie-Lydie Joffre's bio: the "faces" period

About Marie-Lydie Joffre

The "Faces" period

	The first artistic period of Marie-Lydie Joffre consists of a series of feminine portraits, stripped of any ornament, in an ascetic sobriety softened by the smooth texture of pastel.
	Marie-Lydie Joffre describes this period as an internal "face-to-face" with herself, using those long silent faces as a way to assert herself while at the same time guarding her secrecy.

Caresses de sensitives et secrets frémissements ourlent d'étranges paupières, sous des crânes lisses et opalins, à travers des espaces cernés de gris ou de clartés lunaires où l'indéfini du silence prend valeur d'infini.

Françoise Bouet, Le Matin du Sahara - 04/03/79

Main exhibitions related to this period

March 1979		French Cultural Center, Casablanca, Morocco
October 1978		French Cultural Center, Rabat, Morocco

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