Opening of the exhibitions "Viola Leddi, Pupille" et "Video Club New Zealand"
Photo : Vincent Van Den Hende
Viola Leddi, Patterns of translation, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and of VIN VIN Vienne / Naples
Kahurangiariki Smith, He Tangi Aroha–Mama Don’t Cry (detail), 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
Opening of the exhibitions “Viola Leddi, Pupille” and “Video Club New Zealand, Takiwā Hou: Imagining New Spaces”
Thursday, October 10 at 6 p.m.
Viola Leddi, Pupille
Opening on Thursday, October 10 at 6 p.m.
Exhibition from October 11, 2024, to January 12, 2025
Exhibition Curator: Marie Griffay
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in France by artist Viola Leddi. This exhibition at FRAC brings together brand-new works by Viola Leddi. For this occasion, the artist explores the etymological definition of the word “pupil,” referencing the processes of self-perception in relation to others’ gaze.
Viola Leddi’s work questions the power structures at play in the representation of women’s bodies in art, culture, and Italian society, and more broadly, in Western society. Her paintings and sculptures explore the concept of femininity and the ambivalent relationship between the coercive process of identifying with certain stereotypes and the desire to subvert them. Her recent works focus on the notion of gender in horror and gothic films, employing motifs such as the haunted domestic space, insomnia, the duality of death and love, mental disorders, and self-narration.
The exhibition was made possible with the support of Pro Helvetia, Swiss Foundation for Culture.
Acknowledgments:
Jeweller: Elisa Machado Vendeiro
Glassmaker: Vetroricerca Studios Bolzano
Painting Assistants: Kelechi Amaka Madumere and Melissa Steenman
Video Club New Zealand, Takiwā Hou: Imagining New Spaces
Opening on Thursday, October 10 at 6 p.m.
Exhibition from October 11, 2024, to January 12, 2025
Curated by Sandrine Honliasso for FRAC Champagne-Ardenne.
For the second international edition of Video Club, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne is partnering with the Te Tuhi Art Center, located in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The featured works, extracted from the exhibition Takiwā Hou: Imagining New Spaces, are a series of videos by Māori artists that explore indigenous spaces and possibilities that have yet to emerge. This collaboration allows the public to discover works by Russ Flatt, Kahurangiariki Smith, and Suzanne Tamaki at FRAC, while showcasing three works by artists from the Grand Est region at Te Tuhi.
This project was initiated by Marie Griffay, in collaboration with Te Tuhi (New Zealand), with the support of Contemporary Hum.