Project
Joan Font is a curator and is leading his first exhibition as a gallery owner. He created a nomadic gallery and organized an exhibition in a gallery in the Haut-Marais (Paris, 3rd). It is a personal and professional project on top of his coursework.
The Galerie Joan Font is pleased to host the first exhibition by Florent Manelli, “Homme aux cent visages” (Man of a Hundred Faces)
From Tuesday, March 29 to Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Vitrine-65
65, rue Notre Dame de Nazareth 75003 Paris
Open Wednesday to Saturday from 14:00 to 19:30
Opening on Tuesday, March 29 from 18:00 in the presence of Florent Manelli
Born in 1989, Florent Manelli, a self-taught artist, discovered illustration three years ago during a university exchange in Montreal. Since then, he has not stopped drawing faces while evolving his technique and forms. Taking place in the Vitrine-65 space, Florent Manelli presents an exhibition that questions the codes that shape our perception through the resemblance and dissimilarity of these men’s faces. His practice alternates between drawing and painting, borrowing the codes of contemporary art as well as those of graphic design and illustration. At the Galerie Joan Font he offers about a hundred portraits inspired by different faces, real or imagined.
- Research and preparatory work: finding an artist, setting up a company, finding a venue
- Communication: creating posters, flyers, social media
- Learning the gallery owner’s trade: writing, publishing, and sending out a press kit. Hanging and curating the exhibition so that the works and the venue engage in dialogue
- Hands-on: framing the works, installing and dismantling the exhibition, transport
Student
Joan Font - 2nd year Bachelor in Cultural Productions and Mediation, Visual Arts and Exhibition track