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Ethereal Weavings Merge Architecture and Nature in Élise Peroi’s ‘For Thirsting Flowers’

08 May, 2025

This post was originally published on Colossal

Imagine standing at a window at dawn as the pale yellow morning light filters through the trees, slowly illuminating flower petals and setting the scene for birdsong. As you move around, the light dapples and changes, and details emerge or disappear around other forms. For Élise Peroi, this sensation provides a starting point for elegant textile sculptures.

Onto graceful wooden frames, the French artist weaves ethereal, layered screens evocative of dreamy portals to nature. “The luminosity of Peroi’s woven paintings is such that we might feel ourselves carried outside to watch the sky brighten, the air soft against our skin,” says Dr. Rebecca Birrella in an essay accompanying Peroi’s solo exhibition, For Thirsting Flowers, at CARVALHO PARK.

a detail of a woven, sculptural artwork in a wooden frame
Detail of “Pensée I” (2025), painted silk and linen, 36 x 28 x 3 inches

The artist taps into the long tradition of European tapestries, which were used for both decoration and to help keep homes and churches insulated. Stitched by hand, the works could reach architectonic proportions and contain highly detailed figurative and narrative scenes. Peroi departs from customary associations with tapestries by removing the pieces from the wall and creating standalone, self-supporting structures.

She also emphasizes a kind of opening-up of the textile itself. The interactions between warp and weft are loose, delicate, and irregular. And each piece’s depth is determined by the wooden framework, details of which often jut outward in gentle yet willful angles.

Peroi’s sculptures appear to subtly morph as one walks around, merging internal and external perspectives. The artist explores relationships between emptiness, form, perception, and the built environment, hinting at recognizable shapes like flowers and foliage set against muted diamond-shaped geometric patterns or open spaces in the weave. And the frames serve both as display devices and looms—the process and finished piece merged into one.

For Thirsting Flowers continues in Brooklyn through May 23. See more on the artist’s website.

an installation of numerous woven, freestanding textile sculptures inside of a naturally lit gallery space
Installation view of ‘For Thirsting Flowers’ at CARVALHO PARK, New York
an abstract woven, sculptural artwork in a wooden frame
“La lune” (2025), silk, silver leaf, gouache, acrylic, and linen, 64 x 55 x 6 inches
an abstract woven, sculptural artwork in a wooden frame
“Pensée I” (2025), painted silk and linen, 36 x 28 x 3 inches
an installation of numerous woven, freestanding textile sculptures inside of a naturally lit gallery space
Installation view of ‘For Thirsting Flowers’ at CARVALHO PARK, New York
an installation of numerous woven, freestanding textile sculptures inside of a naturally lit gallery space
Installation view of ‘For Thirsting Flowers’ at CARVALHO PARK, New York
an abstract woven, sculptural artwork in a wooden frame
“Songes II” (2022), painted silk and linen, 55 x 78 x 6 inches
a detail of a woven, sculptural artwork in a wooden frame inside a gallery space
Detail of “Songes II”
an installation of numerous woven, freestanding textile sculptures inside of a naturally lit gallery space
Installation view of ‘For Thirsting Flowers’ at CARVALHO PARK, New York

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