Her pieces do not depict. They emanate. One senses weather, breath, vibration.
With Anima Fibra, Galerie Sept is proud to present the work of French artist Laurine Malengreau, marking her debut with the gallery and affirming our commitment to textile as a powerful medium of contemporary expression.
Based in Aubusson — France’s historic center of tapestry — Malengreau draws from a rich heritage without being bound by it. Her chosen material, Nuno Silk, merges wool and silk through heat, pressure, and layered movement. There is no weaving, no thread. Her process is instinctive, immersive, physical.
The result: large-scale textile works that feel atmospheric, emotional, and alive. They do not illustrate; they radiate. They bloom, smolder, dissolve. Her gestures echo the energy of abstract painters like Zao Wou-Ki or Pierre Soulages, yet her approach remains quiet, tactile, and grounded in the body.
Malengreau’s studio in the revived Fougerolles textile manufactory is a living metaphor: a space where memory, matter, and renewal coexist. Each piece is a time-object, marked by slowness, resistance, and presence.
Anima Fibra is not just a title — it is a call to feel more deeply, to let go of surface, and to reconnect with the soul of material.
