Iris de Moüy - You smell different but you're just the same

You Smell Different But You’re Just the Same is a series of paintings by Iris de Moüy, produced over a span of fifteen years.

While sorting through her archives, Iris de Moüy came upon countless drawings of her daughter, made from the moment of her birth, alongside paintings produced throughout those years.

“I simply watched this child grow by drawing her.” Her words say it all: gestures and postures inscribed in early childhood, later recognized as enduring traces of who we are and who we become. In this series, Iris de Moüy’s line moves with great tenderness, revealing a bond between mother and child that is at once intimate, familiar, and enigmatic.

Iris de Moüy (born in 1975 in Paris) lives and works in Paris. She draws, paints, and writes. Working primarily on paper, her open and spontaneous style expresses a range of emotions using ink, gouache, and oil paint. She sometimes tells stories through short animated films, bringing her whimsical drawings to life. Throughout her work, she creates a unique universe, inspired by both everyday life and a sense of magic. She creates children's books and artist books and was an artist-in-residence at Villa Kujoyama (Kyoto, Japan) in 2015.

First edition
Paintings: Iris de Moüy
Editing and sequencing: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi
Softcover with dustjacket
32 pages
14 plates
24 x 30 cm
French / English
Publication date: March 2026
ISBN: 979-10-96383-57-3

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