PAST EXHIBITIONS

Like a sound poem extracted from an entire song by Nicolas Guillén, Habdaphaï’s visual work conjures up sensations. Not just any sensations.

Luz Severino was born in the Dominican Republic. She has lived and worked in Martinique since 2000.

Julie Bessard’s work displays a powerful gestural quality, a kind of internally experienced organic rhythm that is not figuration, but a pure product of visual and emotional effect.

The paradox of painting is that it is the most popular artistic form, the form most appreciated by collectors and therefore the form most sold – so hallowed that it is often considered the perfect incarnation of “Art.”

Reading these two words, “art” and “collection,” one immediately thinks of asset of handsome historic cars. Such a collection does indeed exist. However, what is less well known is the very strong link between Renault and the art of its day.

The word “Cuba” immediately evokes rum and cigarettes — but the true riches of Cuba reside in its culture. Or, rather, in its cultures: Spanish, Fench, American, and, of course, Carribbiean. Thus the island became a crossroads for literature, dance, music and cinema. And, last but not least, for the plastic arts — as you will discover in this exhibition: “Buena Vista: contemporary art in Cuba.”

In the Caribbean, clashes, reconfigurations, and the invention of novelty have shaped existence.

The exhibition “Désir Cannibale” (Cannibalistic desire), on view from July 27 to September 19 at the Clément Foundation, features nine contemporary Guadeloupean artists, all of whom have international artistic careers.

We sometimes feel astonished by the work of a painter. It may be that we discover a reality we had not yet noticed, for lack of sustained attention. This is how painting sometimes teaches us to see the world.

The verb “reset” in English has several meanings, ranging from the reinitialization of a computer to the medical procedure used to fix a fractured bone. For Ricardo Ozier-Lafontaine, the word evokes two notions that are intimately linked in his work: origin and healing.