Lulù Nuti at the Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc in Thouars

From April 25 to August 30, 2026
CORE, a solo show by Lulù Nuti
 

The title CORE opens up a plural semantic field: in Italian, it refers to the heart; in English, to the nucleus, the center. Its phonetic proximity to the French
word corps (body) brings forth questions of matter, volume, and organic presence. 

Lulù Nuti’s exhibition brings together a group of sculptures that engage in a close dialogue between material, gesture, and the viewer’s experience. Made of stainless steel and wrought iron, they shift the qualities usually associated with industrial metal to reveal forms with a sensitive presence, shaped by tensions and fragile balances. 

The exhibition path begins with a deliberately pared-down first level, where a single stainless steel sculpture is presented. This spatial arrangement
establishes an intimate relationship with the sculpture Hysteria III. Isolated, it appears exposed, almost vulnerable, as if its stability were still being tested. The polished stainless steel surface, worked like a mirror, captures variations in light and reflects the colors of the stained-glass windows, inscribing the architecture of the space and its luminous transformations into the very core of the sculpture.

The sculptures Les Clairvoyantes are distinguished by a marked bodily attitude. Their forms, stretched between contrasting extremities, evoke both tool and organism, without ever settling into a single interpretation. These characteristics emerge from the artist’s gesture and from the very nature of the material: the form does not preexist—it gradually appears through the process of making.

The gesture thus remains fully legible. To constrain, bend, forge, adjust: each intervention leaves a trace, inscribing in the material the memory of its transformation. The sculptures retain this tension between control and release, revealing forms in balance, open to the experience of both gaze and body.
 

Conceived in situ, the presentation of the works engages the public in a progressive discovery. The movement of the body, shifts in viewpoint, and variations in light all influence the perception of the sculptures.