ELLES D'ABORD !

ELLES D'ABORD ! : Agnès Thurnauer Autoportrait (into abstraction), 2013, crayon sur toile, 195 × 130 cm Courtesy de l’artiste et de la galerie Michel Rein    ELLES D'ABORD ! : Nhu Xuan Hua Chen (Portrait au miroir), 2024, impression jet d’encre sur papier titanium, 140 × 105 cm Courtesy de Nhu Xuan Hua et de la Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard    ELLES D'ABORD ! : Zanele Muholi Zodwa II, Amsterdam, 2015, tirage gélatinoargentique, 40 × 31,8 cm ©Zanele Muholi. Courtesy de l’artiste et de Yancey Richardson, New York   


The exhibition


EXHIBITION FROM SEPTEMBER 25 TO DECEMBER 15, 2024

Extrait du livre ELLES D'ABORD!.

PORTFOLIO QUELQUES ŒUVRES Exposition ELLES D'ABORD ! . du 25 septembre au 15 décembre 2024

Femininity, always celebrated, too often altered, more than ever determined - this is the common thread running through the inaugural exhibition at Espace Art Absolument. Under the title Elles d'abord! it highlights women artists whose work expresses a desire to break with the conventions of representations of beauty and femininity to reclaim their own bodies and identities.
Coming from different generations and cultural and geographical backgrounds, the twenty or so artists on show consider these issues through a wide variety of narratives.
Some take a whimsical, transgressive approach to exploring the role of women in society, humorously denouncing all the diktats weighing down on their bodies, invisibilized or, on the contrary, overexposed.
Others use the body as an instrument of revolt, identity and racial protest, opting for narratives that oscillate between intimacy and provocation.
Beyond the pleasure or necessity of creating a persona, telling stories and reinventing oneself, these diverse proposals testify to an irrepressible need for freedom.

The exhibition addresses these issues through the themes of determination, beauty and fragility.

Domitille d'Orgeval

REVUE DE PRESS EXPOSITION ELLES D'ABORD!.

When


25/09/2024 - 15/12/2024
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