ART-PRESENTATION: Nouveau!

Dasha Shishkin, Excitement - Trout in the Public’s Trousers (Detail), 2016,  Galerie Anne Barrault ArchiveA slightly ironic title, hinting at the ever strong demand for what is new, the contemporary greed for necessary and incessant novelty, thought as the only possible issue. Therefore, to meet this requirement, the group exhibition “Nouveau !” at Galerie Anne Barrault brings together new works as well as artists such as Tiziana la Melia, from Canada, and Dasha Shiskin, a Russian artist living in New York, who have yet never been shown in Paris.

By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Galerie Anne Barrault Archive

The participating artists in the exhibition “Nouveau !” are: Tiziana La Melia, winner of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition 2014, her works, that are on presentation for the first time in Paris, are both figurative and abstract, with formal and human experimentations. Using various mediums, the young Canadian artist examines themes such as passion, desire, and finds her inspiration in mythology, female icons, and teenage years. Language is essential in her works, which become real stories. Stéphanie Saadé, an artist who comes from the new contemporary Lebanese scene, creates simple, very delicate, conceptual and sensitive works, such as “Moongold” shown in this exhibition. In this series of photographs of the moon taken at random by the artist, the star, which looks very small, is gilded. Guillaume Pinard for this exhibition, gives up drawing and painting for pastel. The bursting colours and shapes, typical of his work, are emphasized with this new medium. With hundreds of historical references, ludicrous or unusual characters, everyday objects diverted from their common use, the artist takes the spectator into a strange universe, always tinged with irony and derision. Dasha Shishkin, an American artist of Russian origin, is exhibited for the first time in France. Her works are full of strange scenes and people, bordering upon comic and grotesque, fiction and reality. Her drawings, often painted, carry the spectator into a parallel, fantastic universe, where imagination is infinite, and the rules of our world do not apply.Céline Vaché-Olivieri mostly uses pottery, a medium in which chance and unpredictability are very important. This uncertainty is an integral part of the artist’s work. Then a dialogue begins between control and what cannot be overcome. Alun Williams’ works balance between historical paintings and abstract compositions. By accidental connections and absurd situations, the artist combines natural and urban landscapes, historical figures and paint stains.

Info: Galerie Anne Barrault, 51 rue des Archives, Paris, Duration: 30/6-30/8/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat 11:00-19:00, www.galerieannebarrault.com

Alun Williams, Garibaldi sous les fils, 2008, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive
Alun Williams, Garibaldi sous les fils, 2008, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive

 

 

Céline Vaché-Olivieri, BRAINHAND, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive
Céline Vaché-Olivieri, BRAINHAND, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive

 

 

Left: Guillaume Pinard, Sidération, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive. Right: Guillaume Pinard, Glaces, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive
Left: Guillaume Pinard, Sidération, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive. Right: Guillaume Pinard, Glaces, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive

 

 

Dasha Shishkin, Excitement - Trout in the Public’s Trousers, 2016,  Galerie Anne Barrault Archive
Dasha Shishkin, Excitement – Trout in the Public’s Trousers, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive

 

 

Dasha Shishkin, She Is Nutty As Squirrel’s Poo, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive
Dasha Shishkin, She Is Nutty As Squirrel’s Poo, 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive