As the title suggests, Absences, mues et macules is an open-ended exhibition inviting viewers to explore the work of contemporary artists through themes of absence, loss, and erasure. It aims to open new perspectives while drawing meaningful parallels between these concepts, showcasing a collection of around twenty artists known for their conceptual rigor and visual appeal.

Whether through erasure, erosion, framing, blurring, covering, gaps, chemical transformation, or combustion, the works gathered here invoke gestures that may initially seem iconoclastic or, at the very least, acts of concealment. Yet, in a constant paradox, they reveal the density of each piece.

Going against the trend of gigantism and immediacy, Absences, mues et macules brings together artists who could be described as conceptual romantics, developing shared concerns for emptiness, disappearance, and silence. They challenge the necessity of making everything visible immediately and prompt us to question the inextricable links that exist between presence and absence.

Artists :

Ignasi Aballí, Léa Belooussovitch, Marc Buchy, Lieven De Boeck, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Ellen Harvey, Rinko Kawauchi, Nicolás Lamas, Benoit Maire, mountaincutters, Cornelia Parker, Benoit Platéus, Claudio Parmiggiani, Jorge Méndez Blake, Evariste Richer, Solène Rigou, Namsal Siedlecki, José María Sícilia, Thu Van Tran, Chaim van Luit, Xie Lei