Club Fem

A gathering of exaggerated faces and reaching arms presses into a bright field of yellow and green. The figures seem to be negotiating the space together, with expressions that shift between comic display and unease. Listed among Barbier’s quarantine paintings, Club Fem belongs to a body of work concerned with the emotional contradictions of that period. Its energy makes togetherness feel both desirable and unruly, something assembled from distinct personalities rather than a perfectly harmonious group.