LA CHAMBRE ÉCHECS
By Lorraine Mahot de la Querantonnais
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US$ 9,000
Overview
2020
Oil Paint, Oil on canvas
Unique Work
Dimensions: 100cm (H) x 150cm (W) x 5cm (D) / 39.4" (H) x 59.1" (W) x 2" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
Inspiration for "LA CHAMBRE ÉCHECS"
A room bathed in twilight, where the soft hum of silence is broken only by the quiet tension of contemplation. At the center stands a chessboard, its pieces frozen mid-battle, embodying the delicate balance between strategy and surrender. This is no ordinary room—it is a theater of the mind, where every move mirrors the choices, triumphs, and failures of life itself.
The title, La Chambre Échecs, evokes dual meanings: a room of chess and a room of failures. Here, the game is not just a pastime but a metaphor for life’s complexities. The walls, adorned with faint shadows of past moves and decisions, seem to breathe the weight of countless unseen matches, each piece on the board representing a memory, a dream, or a regret.
This is a space of introspection, where the players confront not only each other but also their own limitations. A lone figure, perhaps, lingers by the board, their hand hovering over a piece, their face etched with both determination and doubt. The room is alive with a quiet drama—a reminder that every choice carries the weight of what might have been and what could still be.
La Chambre Échecs invites the viewer to step into this world of calculated risks and unexpected outcomes, to see the beauty in both victory and defeat, and to remember that every end is a new beginning.
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Artist profile
Lorraine Mahot de la Querantonnais
Hometown: Paris
Based in: Lisbon
Lorraine Mahot’s practice lies in-between the obscure and the sensitive, where tensions are transformed into aesthetic. Multidisciplinary, her poetic expression takes form through drawings, paintings and collages. The result is always confessional, as an intense dialogue between delicate intimacy and vigorous discourse. Born in France, she holds a Bachelor of …
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