Installation Views of Eva Jospin, Into the Woods, 2026. Courtesy of SCAD Museum of Art.
In Eva Jospin’s cardboard universes, architecture and nature converge
On the occasion of Into the Woods at the SCAD Museum of Art, Stephanie Sporn explores Eva Jospin’s singular practice and the creative breakthrough that led the French artist to embrace cardboard as her primary medium. The article traces how a chance encounter with discarded boxes transformed Jospin’s approach to scale, materiality, and representation, allowing her to develop the intricate sculptural language for which she is now internationally recognized.
Sporn highlights the tensions that define Jospin’s work—nature and architecture, permanence and fragility, reality and artifice. Through discussions of major projects such as Panorama and Chambre de Soie, the article reveals how cardboard becomes a vehicle for exploring history, geology, gardens, and climate consciousness. As Jospin reflects, “I love the contradictions—creating something very strong with something very fragile; creating art out of something considered waste,” underscoring the transformative potential at the heart of her practice.
