Marinette Cueco

Marinette Cueco
Born	(1934-09-27)27 September 1934 Argentat, France
Died	18 October 2023(2023-10-18) (aged 89) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Plastic artist

Marinette Cueco (27 September 1934 – 18 October 2023) was a French plastic artist.[1] She was also known for her creations using plants and minerals.

Biography

Marinette Cueco was born on 27 September 1934.[2] She was a visual artist with great sensitivity to the world of plants.[3] She also worked with herbs, creating openwork fabrics with random, yet simple and geometric shapes.[4] She also used combined textures and colors to create mineral and plant formations.[5][6]

Cueco was the wife of painter Henri Cueco, with whom she had two children: Pablo [fr] and David.[7] Marinette Cueco died on 18 October 2023 at the age of 89.[8] Cueco died on 18 October 2023, at the age of 89.[9]

Distinctions

• Officer of the Ordres des Arts et des Lettres (2022)[10]

Exhibitions

• Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (1986)[11]
• Musée départemental d'Art contemporain de Rochechouart [fr] (1987)[12]
• Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac [fr] (1988)[13]
• Barbican Centre (1989)[14]
• Les imaginaires du Mont Saint-Michel (1992)[12]
• Grandes serres du Jardin des plantes [fr] (1999)[12]
• Collégiale Saint-André de Chartres [fr] (1999)[12]
• Château du Grand Jardin (2004)[15]
• Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac (2005)[16]
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau [fr] (2006)[17]
• Musée de Soissons [fr] (2007)[18]
• Espace d'art contemporain (2011)[19][20]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2014/2015)[21]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2017)[22]
• Fondation Villa Datris [fr] (2019)[23][24]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2019)[25]
• Centre d'art contemporain de Châteauvert (2020)
• Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire [fr] (2020)
• Jardins de Salagon (2021)[26]
• LAAC Museum of Contemporary Art [fr] (2021)[27]
• Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch [fr] (2022)[28]
• Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain (2023)[29]
• Palais Idéal [fr] (2023)[30]
• Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse (2023)[31]
• Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (2023)[32]

Publications

• Herbailles, petits herbiers de circonstance, in 11 volumes:
  • Les Sempervirens (2003)
  • Gwemon, warec, alga (2005)
  • Toxiques et héroïques (2006)
  • La Tourbière du Longeyroux (2006)
  • Voyageurs immobiles (2006)
  • Les Herbes de la Saint Jean (2007)
  • Le Jardin du docteur Gachet (2008)
  • Plantes à couleurs (2011)
  • Pétales de consolation (2019)
  • Bris et Débris (2021)
  • Rhizomes et voltiges (2022)
• Marinette Cueco. Herbes (2022)
• Ne se perd ni ne meurt (2023)
• À fleurs de peau (2023)

References

1. "Merci Marinette". Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (in French). Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
2. "Marinette Cueco". CNAP. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
3. "Marinette Cueco : une artiste plasticienne d'une grande sensibilité pour le monde du végétal". Entrefil (in French). 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
4. "Marinette CUECO". Textile/Art (in French). Archived from the original on 6 November 2018.
5. Stella, Rachel (January 2019). "Marinette Cueco plastique la botanique". Academia (in French). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
6. "Marinette Cueco et " l'imagination matérielle " Pour une poétique de la matière, végétale ou minérale". Cooperative Institute of the Modern School (in French). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
7. Duponchelle, Valérie (23 October 2023). "Marinette Cueco, hommage à l'incroyable magicienne du végétal". Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
8. Botoulle, Myriam (23 October 2023). "Mort de l'artiste Marinette Cueco, la magicienne du végétal". Connaissance des Arts (in French). Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
9. Bellet, Harry (23 October 2023). "La mort de la plasticienne Marinette Cueco, pionnière du land art". Le Monde. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
10. "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – hiver 2022". Ministry of Culture (in French). 4 May 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
11. "Marinette CUECO" (PDF). Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
12. "Marinette Cueco - L'Ordre naturel des Choses" (PDF) (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
13. "Marinette Cueco". Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac (in French). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021.
14. "Marinette Cueco" (PDF). Musée Salagon (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
15. "Variations sur le paysage". L'Humanité (in French). 2 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
16. "Marinette Cueco". Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac (in French). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021.
17. "Exposition : Marinette Cueco [archive]". Agenda région Aquitaine (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
18. "Marinette Cueco - Les herbes de Saint-Jean" (PDF). Musée de Soissons (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
19. "Exposition de Marinette Cueco à Eysines". Art Flox (in French). Archived from the original on 29 March 2014.
20. "Une ode à la maternité". Sud Ouest (in French). Eysines. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
21. "Marinette Cueco, artiste du végétal à la galerie Univer, hommage à la nature". Chrismali (in French). 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
22. "Marinette CUECO / Pelotes et entrelacs". Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (in French). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
23. "Tissage Tressage… quand la sculpture défile à Paris". Académie de Paris (in French). 20 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
24. "Tissage Tressage… quand la sculpture défile à L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue". Beaux Arts Magazine (in French). 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
25. "Marinette Cueco" (PDF). Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
26. "Jardin silencieux de Marinette Cueco". Musée de Salagon (in French). Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
27. "Marinette Cueco, L'Ordre naturel des choses". LAAC Museum of Contemporary Art (in French). Archived from the original on 30 November 2021.
28. "Marinette Cueco Expose au Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roche" (in French). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
29. "Devenir fleur". Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain (in French). 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
30. "Ce n'est pas le temps qui passe mais nous". Palais Idéal (in French). Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
31. "Le Nouveau Printemps". Les Abattoirs (in French). Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
32. "Marinette CUECO - Herbiers". Galerie Univer/Colette Colla (in French). Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.