At 14 already, Catherine Wilkening directed and played Antigone by Jean Anouilh.
She will be an actress and pursue a career in cinema : Jesus of Montreal by Denys Arcand, La Crise by Coline Serreau, La Tribu by Yves Boisset, Le Coeur des hommes by Marc Esposito.
She also wrote Les Mots Avalés but she says it loud and clear : « It was the porcelain that saved my life ».
Committed sculptor, she expresses her passion for matter and free expression.
It was thanks to Andréa Ferréol and her famous Flâneries d’Art in Aix en Provence that we met.
A human and creative crush.
This season is the story of an artistic closed-door where different sequences are shot in his Parisian studio.
Catherine Wilkening’s works and unique Haute Couture pieces come together as naturally as possible.
The most striking scene is surely that of Madonnas, the latest creations of Catherine Wilkening.
His Madonnas are adorned with gold and porcelain, materials and accumulations are the key words, a shared vision, moreover, many of the works appear in this film as so many evocations to his Art.
It is, also, a hymn to all the women artists who freed themselves in the 20th century.
The collection is organized around this closed room, a lingerie spirit emerges from some of the outfits, lace and embroidery play a key role.
The masculine feminine is not to be outdone, he appears in several scenes.
The tapered trousers with ironed pleats and the large masculine trousers with pleats complete the work outfit, the vegetal silhouette or even the academic style.
Black and white make it easy to read like positive / negative photo film.
A return to basics."...Frank Sorbier
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Catherine Wilkening wears a long ivory negligee in viscose silk jacquard embroidered with ruched cotton lace volutes.
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Catherine Wilkening wears a black cotton work blouse painted by hand with a knife over black wool cigarette pants and a white cotton shirt with off-collar.
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Catherine Wilkening wears an artist’s blouse in white cotton organdy applied with re-embroidered black lace trims over a long coordinated strapless dress in white cotton organdy.
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Catherine Wilkening wears a column dress in white pleated. Drape and hem embroidered with tone-on-tone seashells.
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« La Madonna Animale » created by Catherine Wilkening reinterpreted.
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Catherine Wilkening wears a bustier, a skirt and a long cardigan in silk organza and metal, draped, repainted, cut out, frayed and embroidered with water and cultured pearls, metallic lace flowers and silk organza flowers and guipure.
