The Galerie Eva Vautier is pleased to present the exhibition Blancs by Yosef Joseph Dadoune (the artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, after Des…
The Galerie Eva Vautier is pleased to present the exhibition Blancs by Yosef Joseph Dadoune (the artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, after Des Racines in 2018). The publication Blancs, produced for the occasion by Arnaud Bizalion, will be presented at the opening. The work of Joseph Dadoune, born in Nice in 1975, 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 the periphery, or again the real and the imaginary. His works also resonate with colonial issues and questions of gender and identity. The exhibition opens with the series Found You, an introduction that extends the artist’s exploration of the motif of the flower. But whereas in 2018, at the previous exhibition shown at the gallery, the flowers drawn by Joseph Dadoune seemed wounded, intoxicated, almost violent, those of the series Found You offer themselves to the viewer charged with the intensity of colour, the urgency of the gesture and the artist’s vibrant confidence in the encounter with the other, an other “found”. View of the exhibition Blancs, Yosef Joseph Dadoune, 2022, Photo © François Fernandez. This wall of flowers carries us towards an entirely white space conducive to meditative contemplation. The series Blancs indeed marks a new turn, begun in 2019, with the use of new materials such as tar or marble, but also the irruption of white. While continuing his subtle and rich work on matter, which he explores tirelessly, Joseph Dadoune here offers us works apparently devoid of images, but whose power of evocation is multiplied by the devices the artist employs: masked objects, evocative titles, etc. In these luminous works, something is there, invited to be (re)found. PUBLICATION. Blancs also takes the form of a catalogue with texts by Doron von Beider, Mario Casanova & Barbara Wolffer and graphic concept by Baldinger — Vu-Huu. This publication, published in 2022 by Arnaud Bizalion, will be presented on the evening of the opening, Friday 23 September. Joseph Dadoune, Blancs Edition Arnaud Bizalion Texts: Doron von Beider, Mario Casanova, Barbara Wolffer Graphic design: Baldinger-Vu-Huu FF 23 x 31, 88 pages, (22 x 4), cover laminated onto 2 mm grey board, French, English, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese ISBN 978-2-36980-138-2 Price: €30
