Muffin, 2010
Stained-glass, 60 x 60 cm

 

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Fries, 2010
Stained-glass, 60 x 60 cm

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Burger, 2010
Stained-glass, 60 x 60 cm

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I Love Phallocratie, 2009
Stained-glass in a wood lighting box, 160 x 95 x 35 cm

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Mitraillette, 2010
Stained-glass, 120 x 60 cm
all images courtesy MÉLANIE LECOINTE

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In the Middle Ages, the liturgy was narrated through stained glass windows, which took the place of the written word for the illiterate population. Constructed and illuminated like a visual echo of these windows, the stained-glass works by French artist MÉLANIE LECOINTE kick these decorative and propaganda ornaments from the vernacular culture by using contemporary iconography with references to the everyday life, politics or advertising.

Additionally she also uses the ancient practice of stained-glass to create sculptures and installations in their own right. Through these appropriations, she not only questions the meaning of tradition and authenticity but also the aesthetic concepts of kitsch and the modern ideal.

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found via Julie Crenn