Above: Enora Jacquart, ‘Yaël and Siséra’ (detail from the series). Photography, retouching and digital editing, 2026.

When Enora Jacquart sent these recent works to the art gallery, we stared at our screen, fascinated. Enora is not what one might call an artist who produces work that is easy to exhibit. Our previous posts about her sparked passionate, radically opposed reactions: from compelling philosophical reflections to outright insults. The gallery stepped into its role as moderator, staying true to its calling as a space for critical freedom.

Enora’s visual work makes no concessions to masculinism. She draws direct inspiration from the dramatic force of Artemisia Gentileschi and Poussin to examine the condition of women, sometimes driven to violence – not out of a quest for power, but out of sheer necessity to escape an imposed servitude.

At the crossroads of photography?

At the crossroads of photography, digital retouching, and the potential of artificial intelligence—which she uses to sculpt her atmospheres—Enora crafts tableaux vivants of rare intensity. She recently confided to us over the phone:
“I do not turn violence into sublimation. Abomination is never sublimation, regardless of the place or the motive. None of the women I depict in my work are happy about having resorted to violence. They have simply reclaimed their freedom. The woman I stage is both a symbol of emancipation for some women, and an enemy to those who dare not follow out of fear of retaliation from their partner. Within a couple, intelligence is not necessarily collective.”

Touching upon Hannah Arendt, Luc Boltanski, and Christophe Desjours’s book (Souffrance en France), the artist added with poignant clarity:
“Showing my photographs does not trivialize violence. Showing them redefines the suffering of women.”

A necessary, sharp, and deeply human artistic approach, waiting to be discovered in the space dedicated to her work.

Portrait d'Enora Jacquart, photographe et artiste illustratrice exposée à la Galerie Koronin. Une artiset qui dénonce les violences faites aux femmes.

Enora Jacquart

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