Deux Baigneuses - artwork by Claire Tabouret

In her figurative paintings, drawings, and sculptures, Claire Tabouret explores identity, focussing on childhood and its enigmas. In a custom-made stone basin designed for the building’s alcove, Tabouret has added her Deux Baigneuses, which uses the classical artistic trope of women bathing. This bronze sculpture depicts two female figures: one is seated, while the other stands, resting her arm complicitly on the first girl’s shoulder. Their striped bathing suits give them a vintage, summery air. Tabouret places the viewer in a story that is at once strange and familiar, offering visitors the impression of being part of a tale, while also being external to it. In doing so, it provokes a brief moment of introspection – one of simple contemplation.