Stand B10 Gérald Panighi - focusNatacha LesueurJoseph Yosef Dadoune Jeanne Susplugas A curatorial choice that gives pride of place to artists of the same…
Stand B10 Gérald Panighi - focusNatacha LesueurJoseph Yosef Dadoune Jeanne Susplugas A curatorial choice that gives pride of place to artists of the same generation, some of whom the gallery has followed for many years: Gérald Panighi, prince of the news in brief, delights the eye with his cynical aphorisms, a nebula of tortured thoughts. Inspired by fiery muses and melancholic, rebellious icons, Natacha Lesueur has for over twenty years presented an essential body of work for contemporary photography, which she blends with the practice of drawing, playing with the mixing of genres and techniques. Jospeh Dadoune, who has just published a monograph, reveals his labyrinthine universe, made of visual poetry and references to the history of art. Finally, Jeanne Susplugas presents a sketchbook, an evocation of her universe, at once playful and tormented. Camille Frasca, art historian Gérald Panighi - focus From Gérald Panighi’s practice, we keep in mind these drawings in large “raisin” format, in which the artist transfers, at their centre and by means of tracing paper, fragments of illustrations drawn from popular culture and the mass media. Faced with this partly identifiable vocabulary, the artist refrains from applying his own touch and deliberately limits his intervention to stylistic effects: redundancy, reversal, reframing, opposition, superimposition. The drawing levitates, in silence, circumscribed within the empty space, stained by the intimate; the artist’s presence creeps in through spots and smudges, whether intentional or not. They are due to the media used, residues of wet paint, the grease of graphite pencil accumulated on the side of the hand during the transfer operation, returning to haunt the paper. Photo: Gérald Panighi, Toute ma vie je traverse une periode assez bizarre, 2000, 100 x 100 cm, private collection Learn more Natacha Lesueur Natacha Lesueur’s entire body of work has been essentially photographic since 1993. Although photography ultimately determines her relationship to the image, she constructs her images like paintings. The photographic image settles over the compositions like a varnish. Her artistic concerns revolve around the body, appearance, pageantry, and the intimate relationship that flesh and food maintain. Photo: Natacha Lesueur, Fee qui fume, 2020, graphite pencil monotype on fine art pigment print, 75 x 50 cm © Natacha Lesueur Learn more Yosef Joseph Dadoune Joseph Dadoune’s work lies at the confluence of video, photography, performance, drawing, architecture and social action. His work expresses his interest in the tensions between East and West, religious and secular life, central power and periphery, or indeed the real and the imaginary. His works also resonate with colonial issues and questions of gender and identity. In 2023, his first monograph was published by Arnaud Bizalion Photo: Yosef Joseph Dadoune, Fleurs de nuits, graphite, Madame Vermer pastel and oil on cardboard, 30 x 30 © Photo Bertrand…
