The Cat Wife is a joint exhibition by Morgane Richer La Flèche and Janie Korn, reimagining a 17th-century French fable to explore desire, bodily autonomy, and transformation. Richer La Flèche’s paintings blend the magical and mundane, depicting a woman and a cat as intertwined symbols of feminine complexity and self-determination. Janie Korn’s hand-sculpted potion vessels and candles interpret the fable’s unspoken elements, drawing from rituals and alchemy to reflect the transformative power of the story. Together, the artists create an immersive experience that celebrates the synergy of their distinct yet complementary visions.
Janie Korn is an American, London-based contemporary artist whose intricate candle sculptures delve into the ephemerality of memory and the richness of folklore. Through her meticulous wax creations, she captures the transient power of recollections, which, like her sculptures, gradually melt away. Influenced by storytelling traditions, each piece is a fragment of the real and imagined lore. Korn's evocative work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, inviting audiences to reflect on the delicate interplay between impermanence and myth. Her most recent body of works explore folklore from within. Using hand built ceramics, she re-imagines artifacts that would be found inside the imaginary palaces and kingdoms of these same fairytale stories. These pieces are patinated to appear as recently discovered relics.
A Prayer for Harvest
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Angel Roof of East Anglia
Botanical Elixir
Calling on the Bugs
Cat wife twilight
Cat wife valentine
Danse Macabre
Dreamland
Fable Disc
Falconry