Clinical psychologist, author and content creator focused on mental health
We asked Jeanne Coiffard to share her perspective on Plates, a Beau Edition series conceived as framed prints and wall art. She sees it as an exploration of the body as a surface of expression, through material, patterns and sensory perception, where the image is as much felt as it is seen.
Transcript
Beau Edition — Jeanne, you are a psychologist, podcaster… how would you define yourself?
Jeanne Coiffard — That’s already quite a lot.
Beau Edition — We asked you to choose a series. You chose Plates. What caught your attention?
Jeanne Coiffard — I chose this series because I find it very beautiful, quite simply. It also reminds me of works from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, where the body becomes a medium for creativity using natural materials such as flowers, plants or pigments. This way of using the body really left a mark on me.
Beau Edition — Do you see anything else in this series?
Jeanne Coiffard — Yes, there is also a very pictorial aspect. The patterns remind me of Aboriginal Australian art with its dotted compositions. And the bodies… often without faces, very sculptural. They are beautiful bodies, but above all forms, almost like artworks.
Beau Edition — What is the last moment of beauty you remember?
Jeanne Coiffard — Just before this interview, I was painting. I don’t know if I can say I’m a painter, but when I paint, I feel so good. It’s a suspended moment. And for me, that is beauty.
Beau Edition — Is beauty something you see or something you feel?
Jeanne Coiffard — Both. Emotion comes through the senses: what we see, hear, feel… even before we understand.
Beau Edition — And is beauty eternal or ephemeral?
Jeanne Coiffard — It depends. In nature, it is often ephemeral. A flower is beautiful at one moment, then it fades. And since it is subjective, what is beautiful to me might not be for someone else.
