This second solo installation by Patricia Dreyfus brings together several groups of works centred on one idea: the human presence in all its mulplicity. The human head – a symbol of mind, senses and identity – plays a central role in Patricia Dreyfus’ work. Whether as clay and bronze heads, in drawings or embroideries, she attempts to look inside the human mind. Her work provokes self-reflection; it is sometimes unsettling, as it seeks to uncover what lies behind the masks we wear — including her own. Her practice is driven by an uncompromising dialogue with herself, a search for truth and authenticity beyond surface appearances. Dreyfus has developed a distintive visual language drawn from memories and dreams. Her extensive archive of images reads like a diary, revealing hidden and long-suppressed experiences. The series Les Invisibles, comprising 200 drawings, makes the unseen visible with striking presence, as a counterpoint to Les Visibles. Together, these woven, drawn, modelled and sculpted figures form an inner landscape where the individual and the collective echo one another.
HEADS, HEADS, HEADS
Location: Chaussée de Waterloo, 690 / 43, 1180 Uccle
