YOUNG ARTISTS FROM THE CARIBBEAN ART SCENE AT VENICE
Noutoupatou, Mondes caribéens en mouvement is the collective exhibition organized by A plus A Gallery and School for Curatorial Studies Venice, in collaboration with Campus Caraïbéen des Arts and curated by Paola Lavra. The exhibition, supported by the Institut français, coincides with the closing of the 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.
Noutoupatou, is a word, a sound, an invitation to look closely at the works of three young artists from the Caribbean art scene, from the islands of Haïti, Guadeloupe and Saint Martin, graduates of the Campus Caribéen des Arts of Fort-de-France in Martinique: Flavio Delice, Samuel Gelas and Shamika Germain.
The project envisaged a residency period for the artists in Venice, a master class proposed by Julien Creuzet and a series of initiatives aimed at creating a moment of exchange and encounter between the three artists and the city of Venice, both islands belonging to a vast archipelago that carries within itself an intricate network of relationships and connections to the world. The residency period culminates with the opening of the exhibition in which the visitor will have the opportunity to confront that historical, sociological and cultural imprint that has profoundly marked the space and body, the plural and contradictory identity of a colonial society that constantly questions its origins, its affiliation and territorial status as a French island in the broader and more complex sphere of the Caribbean archipelago, its becoming in the globalized space of the Americas. Today, the progressive deconstruction of the paradigm of Western modernity leaves room for new and singular paradigms of thought and action brought and translated by the specific language of contemporary art, inspired by the Glissantian poetics of relationship and Tout monde.
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Samuel Gelas, Poésie urbaine, 2014 - Pierre noire et acrylique sur toile - (160 cm X 500 cm)
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Samuel Gelas, Communion, 2018, Pierre noire et acrylique sur toile , 160 X 300 cm
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Samuel Gelas, Portrait de classe II, 2019 - Pierre noire et acrylique sur toile - (160 cm X 250 cm)
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Flavio Delice, Valiz nan ekzil _ Valigia in esilio, 2024, Récupération, assemblage, mix médium, aille varié
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Flavio Delice, Bisiklèt nan ekzil _ Bisiklet in esilio, 202, Récupération, assemblage, mix médium, Taille varié
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Shamika Germain, untitled, 2022, acrilico su carta, 150 x 116 cm
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Shamika Germain, untitled, 2022, acrilico su carta, 150 x 116 cmBrown Modern and Luxury Photography Portfolio Poster – 4
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Shamika Germain, untitled, 2022, acrilico su carta, 150 x 116 cmBrown Modern and Luxury Photography Portfolio Poster – 6
For the occasion, Julien Creuzet, who is representing France at the 60th Venice Biennale, will host a masterclass tracing the various stages of his career, which began in Martinique itself. The masterclass is organized by the Institut français, in collaboration with the Campus Caraïbéen des Arts.
Noutoupatou, Mondes caribéens en muovement. Collective exhibition.
Until January 18, 2025.
A plus A gallery. San Marco 3073. Venice, Italy.
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