Overview
The work of Mathieu Frossard, a French ceramicist, exists at the intersection of art, design and craft.
He deliberately blurs the boundaries between these disciplines, challenging any hierarchy that might separate them. Drawing from a collage of aesthetic references, shapes and materials, Frossard’s works offer multiple layers of interpretation, inviting viewers to engage with them in personal and open-ended ways. While his practice is rooted in intuitive expression, connecting ideas, visuals and emotions, his objects are created to be shared and reinterpreted. By incorporating widely recognizable visual references, he encourages viewers to project their own imagination onto the work, fostering a dynamic and participatory experience. In recent years, Frossard has focused more intensely on ceramics, exploring what the medium can communicate as a collective cultural reference while remaining connected to functional objects, decorative arts and sculpture. His process combines hand building, sculpting and drawn ornamentation, resulting in pieces that function as artefacts, repositories of thoughts, reflections, questions, hopes and anxieties tied to the contemporary condition.
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