MARCELLA BARCELÓ IN CONVERSATION WITH HERVE MIKAELOFF AND ELISE ROCHE 

"The artist must follow the spirit of nature at work in the heart of things and only express themselves through shape and drawing as if it were merely a question of symbols". Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling On the Relationship Between the Fine Arts and Nature, 1807 

Living in the world isn’t easy; it is often disenchanted and delivered to us with no poetical precautions at all. Unexpectedly however, sometimes our minds can be filled with wonder when they come into contact with Beauty. This is the experience we have when we are drawn into the works of Marcella Barceló.

We first met her in 2020, and although this encounter was brief, it left a deep impression on us. Our connection was strengthened during the Miss Dior exhibition at Château de la Colle Noire and then during the 2021 edition of Art Paris 2021, where we signed up for the curatorial course “Portraiture and figuration, a focus on the French art scene.” We were therefore naturally pleased to accept the invitation from FORMA to provide a written record of our exchanges with the artist for her personal exhibition. 

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