"Artistic participations"
"Paradox"
Date: Août 2022
Type: Abstract painting.
Nature: Painting on silk.
Local: Paul Lafran Municipal Museum - Saint Chamas / France
Links/Photos: You will find my personal intervention (the video link on "Youtube"), as well as videos of speakers on the sidelines of the exhibition. We quote the Curator of the museum: Madam Eveline Valade (video link on "Youtube"
), Mr. President of the museum and President of the Friends of Saint Chamas:Jacques Lemaire ( le lien de la vidéo sur "Youtube") and Mr. Patrick Merycosta, the heritage manager (the video link on "Youtube")
Summary: Paradox is the title I have chosen for my exhibition, which presents around fifty works in micro, mini, and medium formats. The technique used is painting on silk, also reflecting an introspective process. This work began during the lockdown, specifically with my previous solo exhibition at the Paul Latran Museum, titled Hide Your Code. We might say that this is the continuity of my discontinuous approach. First of all, what do we mean by the term paradox? In Greek, paradoxa means an absurd or extravagant opinion. In literature, the term is often narrowly defined as a deviation or a contradiction. For a decade, I have been working on the idea of duality, symbolizing the relationship between the sensible world and the intelligible world. To clarify my point, let's go back to the previous exhibition, Hide Your Code. This work was based on the intelligible world, aiming to see the world and appropriate it as a new, imaginary universe, similar to a cosmos. Paradox is an image reflecting the sensible world. It is a passage from one internal space to another external one, evoking nature as a kind of refuge. The works testify to a certain transcendence, notably in terms of form and color. The question arises: have we truly separated these two worlds? Is there really a paradox between these two universes? Or do we fall back on the idea of a paradox of paradoxes? I think that this dialectic between the sensible and the intelligible, the imaginary and the real, or the internal and external spaces, mingles, intersects, and intertwines, bringing us back to the idea of the "Same." We speak of a clear and absurd mix. It is the union of two contradictory notions that demonstrate the complicity in the achievement of my artistic creation. My exhibition is a general representation of a singular reading. It is a form of spatial confrontation, aiming to give a new perspective to conceived or unconceived notions, absolute or non-absolute truths, or even justified or unjustified certainties. Thus, my transition from the invisible to the visible, or vice versa, is just a secret without a secret based on self-contradiction. To conclude, paradoxicality is a matter of perspective that requires a certain relativity of properties and arguments, absolute or not, requiring an evaluation that varies from one person to another. The paradox goes beyond problematic contradictions; it is just a form of complementarity and harmony.
Video:
"I'm not a puppet"
Date: 02-04-2022 →08-04-2022
Type: An installation.
Nature: Photography and sculpture.
Local: Les Alpilles school - Miramas / France.
Links/Photos:
Summary: The exhibition I Am Not a Puppet presents a series of works in photography and sculpture, exploring poignant themes of sexism, racism, and discrimination. The black-and-white photographs capture striking self-portraits that highlight the complexity and diversity of human identity. The sculptures are made from crocheted electrical wires, forming both continuous and discontinuous, sometimes disjointed structures. These sculptural works symbolize the constraints and struggles imposed by prejudices and stereotypes. Through this exhibition, I express a claim for freedom and authenticity, refusing to be reduced to a mere puppet manipulated by social norms. The works invite viewers to reflect on injustices and recognize the resilience and strength of individuality in the face of oppression.
Video:
"Hide your code"
Date: 27-04-2021 → 27-05-2021.
Type: The painting.
Nature: Abstract painting.
Local: Paul Lafran Municipal Museum - Saint Chamas / France.
Links/Photos: You will find all the photos on "Pinterest", as well as links on "Youtube" , "Vimeo" and
The video of the speakers on the sidelines of the exhibition . We quote the Curator of the museum: MadameEveline Valade (the link to her text"), Mr. President of the Museum and President of the Friends of Saint Chamas:Jacques Lemaire (the link to his text: "page 1" , "page 2" , "page 3", "page 4"), Mr Patrick Merycosta (Heritage Manager), MadamMaria Heyraud (Museographer).
Summary: The idea of entitling my first personal exhibition « Hide your code » is inspired by the training that I have got during months. I aimed by this training to enhance my skills in the field of web and to get a certificate entitled « professional assistant in web development and mobile web ». A code is not only a computer- assisted digital revewing, but it is also my code of life, of looking at the world and of creating a personal vision in my own way. My code is a set of shutters that I have imposed on myself. It is my way, the light that guides me and gives me the power to come out of the darkness and sometimes face some hurtful realities.
Video:
"Scar"
Date: 30-08-2019.
Type: A bodily performance.
Nature: A performance with personal choreography.
Local: At the Montparnasse gallery - Paris/ France.
Links/Photos: You will find all of my photos on "Pinterst" as well as a link to "Vimeo".
Summary: "Scar", It is not merely a corporal determination, but rather a reality that called into question a truth. It is not a concised instant conceptual image, it is rather a cautious presentation.
It is an appropriated image that gives the impression of an instant reality of the act. It is a feeling of a paradox between the fragmentation and the continuity of time...The improvization is normally considered as an ephemeral act, but in reality it is an act that allows us to immerse in the unconscious...
Improvising is such an intellectual work based on memory. If we talk about improvisation, we are supposed to stimulate the spontaneity of acts. However, the term total spontaneity does not exist in theory; nobody is able to let go, we generally end by supervising our acts and our speeches. So it is a partial abscence of spontaneity...an arrangement of multiple, spatial, temporal and variable information. It is a voluntary interruption specified with continuity and discontinuity in an artistic web / temporal complex... The improvisation is not necessarily based on the briefness of acts; it gives the impression to receivers that certain emotions are instant; immediate feelings. The performance pretends to reveal the total truth, but in reality it is a way to seek out lost individuality...
Video: Presentation of my performance on the "Youtube" channel.