Julia Huteau
The exhibition
At the Jousse Entreprise gallery, Karine Jousse and Guillaume de Casson present an exhibition dedicated to Julia Huteau, whose ceramic practice is conceived as a field of plastic experimentation, at the crossroads of color, volume, and process. The sculptures are scattered throughout the gallery, in dialogue with a functional and historical collection of major designers, from Jean Prouvé to Philippe Starck, which structures the space and highlights the resonance of its forms in a concrete context. Freed from their usual function, the works on display assert an autonomous sculptural language and invite a sensitive perception of the material.
Based in Poët-Laval, in a former pottery factory that has become a place of production and research, Julia Huteau has been developing a practice structured in series for several years. This cyclical work allows her to explore variations in form and color, not as ornaments, but as constituent elements of volume. In the series “De l'espace entre les couleurs” (The Space Between Colors), the porcelain sculptures display precise gradations of muted tones, evoking the decomposition of light. Inspired by the writings of color theorist Johannes Itten, the artist conceives of color as an active phenomenon, capable of transforming the perception of forms and modifying their relationship to space.
Drawing permeates this entire process. Present from the outset, it guides the construction of forms and contributes to the emergence of a unique sculptural vocabulary, made up of rhythms, repetitions, and slight imbalances.
With the “Left Over” series, Julia Huteau introduces a more spontaneous and playful approach. Created from recycled production residues, the extruded forms playfully embrace the accidents and irregularities of the material. Inspired by industrial processes, they question the boundary between technical mastery and letting go. Placed directly on the floor, these sculptures with their undulating lines establish an immediate and uninhibited relationship with form and process.
In this dialogue between gesture and tool, carried by the assertive presence of the machine, a practice emerges in which the raw and the refined coexist without hierarchy.
Alice Miquel
Based in Poët-Laval, in a former pottery factory that has become a place of production and research, Julia Huteau has been developing a practice structured in series for several years. This cyclical work allows her to explore variations in form and color, not as ornaments, but as constituent elements of volume. In the series “De l'espace entre les couleurs” (The Space Between Colors), the porcelain sculptures display precise gradations of muted tones, evoking the decomposition of light. Inspired by the writings of color theorist Johannes Itten, the artist conceives of color as an active phenomenon, capable of transforming the perception of forms and modifying their relationship to space.
Drawing permeates this entire process. Present from the outset, it guides the construction of forms and contributes to the emergence of a unique sculptural vocabulary, made up of rhythms, repetitions, and slight imbalances.
With the “Left Over” series, Julia Huteau introduces a more spontaneous and playful approach. Created from recycled production residues, the extruded forms playfully embrace the accidents and irregularities of the material. Inspired by industrial processes, they question the boundary between technical mastery and letting go. Placed directly on the floor, these sculptures with their undulating lines establish an immediate and uninhibited relationship with form and process.
In this dialogue between gesture and tool, carried by the assertive presence of the machine, a practice emerges in which the raw and the refined coexist without hierarchy.
Alice Miquel
When
15/01/2026 - 07/02/2026