Maison Lumiere (2001 – 2008) | Colette Maison Lumiere multimedia artist

Maison Lumiere (2001 - 2008)

The New Me

The Bedroom - Tokyo

Erasing My History

Lumiere Paintings

Domestic Bliss and The Colette Look

La Vie En Rose At Pablo's Birthday

Lumiere's Dinner at Eight

Intriguing Faces

The Apartment

The Colette Lounge Berlin & Other Events

Studio Maison Lumiere

Maison Lumiere (2001 - 2008)

Images:

1.Detail of "Maison Lumiere" bedroom-07. 2. Lumiere Painting - 2002. 3. The Bedroom - Tokio - 2004. 4."Beware of Woman in Pink" - Lumiere painting. 6. Lumiere painting. 7. Support the C.I.A. 8. Lumiere dress. 9. Lumiere painting "Blue Geisha". 10. "Erasing my history" Lumiere painting. 11. Lumiere plates 2004. 12. Lumiere painting "Before and after the Smoke" 2002. Maison Lumiere Colette continues to use the Colette Mannequin Sculpture in her paintings and installations..and occasionally appears more as a living presence in her artworks and shows.

Lightness of Being

"That's where Lumiere comes in. Right now in my mind I'm thinking she's lighter because of all the weight of the world. We need to be light and try to grab the light. I have a very baroque vision and so usually I do everything very extreme, Like a 'too much is never enough kind of philosophy. In contrast, Lumiere is more into editing and cleaning up.

"Where Olympia was very obsessive with retrieving Colette's history - you see, I can comment on my own work through another persona - Lumiere said, lumiere said 'okay, that's enough now you've done it and whoever got it got it , and who didn't just didn't , it does not matter. ... now start a new like Edith Piaf song 'Je Ne Regrette rien'. 'Balayer les amours,' whatever. So it's like, clean everything up. The idea of erasing my history emerged.
"When September 11 happened, what I realized was that I was not only erasing my history - because my studio is near the World Trade Center - I was picking up that New York's history was being erased, you know? But there was no way of knowing that. I have been using the Colette Mannequin instead of myself ,and it was was in the loft when this happened to me (9-11). There was dust all over the mannequin and the windows were black and looked just like the images i had previously painted; i just was not able to translate it as that , because who could have imagined this would happen?

So then Lumiere all of a sudden appeared - it just happened like birth , very naturally. It was a dark momment, and i felt the only way to go was to turn it around. And so Lumiere was totally appropriate. She is all about figuring things out and paying attention to what is important , what is essential ... I'm cleaning up!"

excerpt from cover story interview for Hour magazine, 2002
Isa Tousignant

The New Me

"The New Me" - Studio Maison Lumiere recreated at the Espacio Mexico as part of the 3rd Montreal Beinnale

On view are recent paintings, among her bed, sofa, vitrines, sewing machines, other belongings and remains from the House Of Olympia, her predecessor... as well as her new line of clothes La Mode dechiree- la ligne Nomade". All could be seen at all hours of the day and night from the windows of the Espacio Mexico.

Photo Album

Maison Lumiere : The New Me

The HPGRP Building, Ginza, Tokyo 2003-04

Installation view of 3rd floor of HPGRP Building, Environment with Paintings, Sculptures & Clothes

Lumiere : Mixed media paintings

Lumiere Paintings

On Becoming Lumiere Series I and II. Mixed media 20 x 16"

'Before and After the Smoke' series. 24 x 30 ". (mixed media) 2001

Contemplating Lumiere (mixed media, 16" x 20", 2002 )

Meditation on Lumiere, 1995-2000, 24"x 16" (mixed media)

Photo Album

Lumiere paintings

Domestic bliss and the Colette Look : Rosenthall showroom New York City

Installation: Lumiere's DInner at Eight.Windows of Rosenthall Showroom Madisson Ave New York 2004

Window installation with Lumiere (Colette mannequin sculpture), and Colletesized plates, artworks etc.
Despite the early start at the Project, the prize for the first New York art opening of the season must go to the French American artist Colette, who Sep. 1 2004, unveiled new works form her "Maison Lumiere" series at the Madisson Avenue outpost of Rosenthal, a classy purveyor of haute design silverware and china located on 25th Street across from Madisson Park. Artnet.COM . Weekend Update by Walter Robinson.