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Her engagement with materials she loves and which she carefully selects for their erotic and narrative potential forms a syntax with which meaning is created and narratives unfold.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Maude L&eacute;onard-Contant: Gathering<\/em><\/strong> features a series of four site-specific works the artist created between 2023 and 2025 for displays in museums in Switzerland, Italy, and France. Texts by Maude L&eacute;onard-Contant, as well as essays contributed by writer and critic Estelle Hoy, curator Elise Lammer, and art historian Gabriela Christen, supplement the images.<\/p>\n<p>Text in English and German.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Features a series of four site-specific works by Canadian-Swiss artist Maude L&eacute;onard-Contant, created between 2023 and 2025 for displays in museums in Switzerland, Italy, and France. 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