The “IESA Month” consists of 3 exhibitions with 3 IESA students: Hélène Geber, Johanna Teston and Camille Dendoncker in collaboration with Galerie SONO, located within the Village Saint-Honoré, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
- The first exhibition, “Apprendre à se fondre” (Learning to Blend In), from May 28 to June 12, a solo show by the artist Vincent Laval, was curated by Hélène Geber (M2 student - Contemporary Art Market)
This exhibition was born from the desire to give a voice to an emerging artist whose work seeks not to observe nature but to integrate it fully into an artistic practice.
“Apprendre à se fondre” (Learning to Blend In) is an ode to nature resulting from a dialogue between the artist, Vincent Laval, and the exhibition curator, Hélène Geber. The exhibition seeks to make us question our relationship, as human beings, to the environment around us. It is orchestrated like a peregrination among the highly poetic works of the artist, who works mainly with natural elements.
Strongly inspired by German Romanticism, the artist Vincent Laval takes side paths to satisfy both his need for exile and his thirst for freedom, without mastery or domination. A tracker of traces as so many proofs of his relationship with the world, in which an in-between reigns among nature, Man and human history.
- The second exhibition, “Vision troublée” (Troubled Vision), from June 18 to July 3, a group show of four artists: Jean-Baptiste Caron, Marion Flament, Paul Hutzli and Capucine Vandebrouck, will be curated by Camille Dendoncker (M2 student - Contemporary Art Market)
This exhibition was born from a feeling, an emotion. That very particular sensation we feel in front of Art. It troubles us without our knowing why, because what we see throws us off. Sometimes it even raises questions. What do we really see? Do these images really exist? Am I troubled by what I see?
The exhibition “Vision troublée” (Troubled Vision) presents artists from the contemporary emerging scene: Jean-Baptiste Caron, Marion Flament, Paul Hutzli and Capucine Vandebrouck. For her very first exhibition as a curator, Camille Dendoncker shares her everyday feelings in the face of Art and wishes to share them with the public.
Artists from different worlds, they embody a common theme, that of the artist as conjuror. They explore questions of matter, the improbable, the surprising and, finally, the visible. The eclecticism of their works promises to put the viewer’s vision to the test. There is little chance that visitors will leave this exhibition without being unsettled.
- The third exhibition, “Reflexus,” from July 6 to 17, a solo show by the artist Olga Sabko, will be curated by Johanna Teston (M2 student - Contemporary Art Market).
“Reflexus” showcases the work of Olga Sabko, winner of the 2020 Khalil de Chazournes “Favorite” Prize of the Beaux-Arts. Olga’s creative universe questions the very nature of the artwork, its movement and its occupation of space. Whether for her sculptures or her lithographs, the creative process holds as important a place as the final object.
The exhibition is based on an active collaboration between a curator, a scenographer and an artist with a shared desire to question the perception of the artwork. A contraction of the words “reflection” and “process,” Reflexus defends the idea that the artwork is not an object defined in a space and a time, but a creation of an evolving nature whose perception changes. Starting from this premise, the ambition is to encourage the public to step out of its passive position. Through scenography and mediation tools, this exhibition encourages visitors to explore their relationship to the artwork in order to understand the artist’s approach.