Lucile Boiron, Mise en Pièces / Special Edition fashion ’ but eventually—if centuries later—it

’ but eventually—if centuries later—it will return to its feral state and

in the seductive colours and unsettling luminosity

former director of Macro museum (Rome)

They are the result of a photographic practice that in today’s digital age has almost become a form of archaeology: when positioning a roll of analogue film in the camera

Lucile Boiron, Mise en Pièces / Special Edition fashion ’ but eventually—if centuries later—itMise en Pices combines self portraits of the artist with still lifes and images taken during cosmetic surgery. We are confronted with fragmentary remainsobjects of a luminous metamorphosis, supercharged by effects of contrast and brilliance. The photographer cuts, grabs, lifts and assembles. The tearing apart resembles a distortion of reality. We are all made of flesh, nerves, guts, bones and cartilages. But where descriptive monstrosity darkens,