Sylvie Fleury

This volume takes a look at the work of Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury.

Since around 1990, the Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury has brought the luxurious consumer goods of fashion and cosmetics industries into the context of art as ready-mades, presenting shopping bags by Yamamoto, cosmetics by Chanel and shoes by Montana.

Her repertoire draws on all aspects of luxury products that convey a synthetic ideal of beauty: the covers of fashion magazines, slimming products and aerobics videos featuring top models.

By translating popular women's material into the context of art, she demonstrates a decisively female viewpoint.

Fleury always goes on big shopping expeditions to prepare for her exhibitions, and employs her purchases with wit and irony.