Artistic bio - "Faces"
The first artistic period of Marie-Lydie Joffre consists of a series of feminine portraits, stripped of any ornament, in an ascetic sobriety softened by the smooth texture of pastel.
Marie-Lydie Joffre describes this period as an internal "face-to-face" with herself, using those long silent faces as a way to assert herself while at the same time guarding her secrecy.
Caresses de sensitives et secrets frémissements ourlent d'étranges paupières, sous des crânes lisses et opalins, à travers des espaces cernés de gris ou de clartés lunaires où l'indéfini du silence prend valeur d'infini.
Françoise Bouet, Le Matin du Sahara - 04/03/79
Main exhibitions related to this period
March 1979
French Cultural Center, Casablanca, Morocco
October 1978
French Cultural Center, Rabat, Morocco