Sabrina Amrani is pleased to present Les saisons de mon coeur, the second solo exhibition by Joël Andrianomearisoa in the gallery.
For Les saisons de mon coeur, Andrianomearisoa has borrowed the title from a poem in the book Petals by Malagasy writer, poet and critic Elie-Charles Abraham, an activist of nostalgia certainly resented with his exile when he wrote this book of poems in 1940, which is divided in the seasons of the year. This book of poems, interstingly written in French during colonization of Madagascar, evoques with nostalgia Antananarivo under French occupation in poems that talk about seduction and sentimentality. In his texts Abraham portrays life like flower petals, delicate and everchanging with the seasons, reactive to darkness and to time.
Andrianomearisoa, who recently turned 40 years old, took this point of departure to envision a very personal exhibition that transcends autobiographical stances and talks about the cycle of life and death that renews with the changing seasons: about light, darkness and time.
Joël Andrianomearisoa was born in Antananarivo (Madagascar) in 1977. He lives and works between Antananarivo and Paris.
The most recent solo shows Joël Andrianomearisoa has had include La Bibliothèque Sentimentale at Les abattoirs - FRAC Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse (France); Va et Vient at La Naïade Péniche VNF, in Canal du Midi, Toulouse - Béziers – Toulouse (France); Le la tour du monde taking over the cupola at Galerie des Galeries Haussmann in Paris (France); A l'horizon de mes jours troubles at the shop windows of Galleries Lafayette in Toulouse (France); The labyrinth of passions, at Mykolas Žilinskas Art Museum in Kaunas (Lithuania) and the Dak’Art. Biennale d’Art Africain Contemporain 2016, in Dakar (Senegal).
Andrianomearisoa’s recent group shows include Autour du nouveau réalisme - Les Dadas des Daniel curated by Annabelle Tenenze at Les abattoirs - FRAC Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse (France); Afriques Capitales at La Villette, Paris (France) and Vers le cap de bonne esperance at Gare Saint Sauveur in Lille (France), both curated by Simon Njami; The White Hunter, curated by Marco Scotini at Frigoriferi Milanesi Art Center For Contemporary Art in Milan (Italy); 100% Afriques in La Villette. Paris (France) and Essentiel paysage at Al Madeen Art Gallery in Marrakech (Morocco), among others.
Andrianomearisoa's work has been recently acquired by the Zeitz MOCAA (South Africa), and his work is part of public collections like the National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution (USA), Studio Museum Harlem (USA), Sindika Dokolo Fondation (Angola) and the Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain - Frac La Réunion (France), among others. He was awarded with the IV Audemars Piguet ARCOmadrid Prize in 2016.

OPENING: 14th September 2017, 5.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
APERTURA GALLERIES BRUNCH
16th September 2017, 11.00 p.m. to 3 p.m.
ARCOGALLERY WALK
16th September 2017, 11.00 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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