46. 46AR ISABELLE DE BORCHGRAVE(1946-2024) Leaves, 2023 Signed and dated Acrylic and gouache on pleated paper 110 x 80 cm Pleating is a veritable trademark and determines most of Isabelle de Borchgrave's pictorial and sculptural work. Inspired by the pleated fabric of Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949, textile designer), synonymous with elegance, luxury and sensuality in the early 1900s, Isabelle de Borchgrave's series of pleated works seizes on the codes of this technique and creates anamorphes on flat paper to reveal a result modified by the puckering of the paper. The starting point for this pleating is part of a sketch by the artist of a garden in the palm grove in Marrakech. The artist was inspired by the richness of the local vegetation. Exhibition Isabelle de Borchgrave Studio, Brussels, Belgium - Colours, 2024