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Joël Andrianomearisoa

"This evening the night doesn’t want to end / Ce soir la nuit ne veut pas s’arrêter"

published at 27/01/2020
Installation de Joël Andrianomearisoa au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2020 - © Leighton Gough
Joël Andrianomearisoa’s work is built around a non-explicit, often abstract narrative which everyone perceives, yet cannot put a name to. His world of forms weaves his work into sequences often mired in a deep sadness caused by an absence that is impossible to fill.
He does this by using, in no particular hierarchical order, sound in its immaterial dimension or the book in its hyper materiality, silky fabrics or rough plastic, black or the most vibrant of colours.
His recent experience in Aubusson, where he created a tapestry that took six months work to complete, reflects this complexity, interweaving a flat figuration sketch with the thickest knots of an unknown drama.
Joël Andrianomearisoa’s work has developed over time through different artistic mediums and materials. In recent years, his creations have often been made from textiles, paper, sometimes wood, minerals, or from surprising objects such as mirrors, perfumes, packaging or stamps, with which he reinvents magic and evokes emotions.
These “aesthetic emotions”, which are much sought after and rarely found, speak for themselves.
In 2019, Madagascar was represented at the Venice Biennale for the first time, with Joël Andrianomearisoa’s I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE NIGHT.
Here at Chaumont-sur-Loire, he will make use of a variety of materials, including silk paper and textiles, playing with nuances of light to create an astonishingly poetic tale.
 
A journey translated from the night
matters of love and absence
the immaterial dimension of the invisible world

the black light until the green of life

melancholy

the first day, the last night
endless horizon
the geometry of the angle to make you weep for
the present
 
Having produced I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE NIGHT for Madagascar’s first pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2019, Joël Andrianomearisoa has now brought the work here to the Domain of Chaumont-sur-Loire. 
He has extended his exploration of the night beyond this piece, to complete the endless cycle of night and day.
 
Five new pieces will each form a chapter of this story. The immaterial dimension of this invisible world is explored in five acts. A stroll through the black night of forgetfulness leads to the broad daylight of life. Paper is used to express a melancholy rhythm, with textiles representing breathing.
 
Chapter 1: J’ai oublié la nuit (I've forgotten the night) (Lower Fenil Gallery)
Chapter 2: Crépuscule (Twilight) (Agnès Varda Courtyard)
Chapter 3: En attente de l’aube qui nous surprendra aux rives du sommeil (Awaiting dawn which creeps upon us as we sleep) (Agnès Varda Courtyard Galleries)
Chapter 4: Le grand jour (Broad daylight) (Agnès Varda Courtyard Galleries)
Chapter 5: Never ending story (Agnès Varda Courtyard Galleries)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Joël ANDRIANOMEARISOA
MADAGASCAR
 
 

Joël Andrianomearisoa was born in 1977 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Today, he lives and works between Paris, in the village of Magnat-l’Étrange in the Creuse departement and Antananarivo.

He grew up during the socialist revolution and began his training at art school. He was torn between fine arts and design, and eventually enrolled at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris in 1997. There he met the architect Jean-Loup Pivin who founded the Revue Noire, a quarterly magazine specialising in contemporary African art, and Simon Njamin, the Cameroonian writer and art critic who is influential throughout Africa. One of his performances was featured on the cover of Revue Noire in September 1997. In 2005 he graduated in architecture having studied under Odile Decq with whom he shared a taste for the colour black and the notion that the discipline was ripe for reform, as it is all too often restricted by a strict institutional framework that is resistant to change. He presented a rather unusual graduation project that combined graphic design and textiles. In his opinion, fabric is a universal medium.

Along with other pioneering artists of contemporary Malagasy art, he actively contributes to the cultural development of his country. Among other projects, in 1996 he was named best new talent at the first Manja Fashion Festival and in 2015 he showed an exhibition entitled Parlez-moi (Speak to me). For the group exhibition 30 et Presque-Songes (30 and almost dreams) in 2011, he brought together thirty artists at the Maison Revue Noire in Paris. In 2016 he won the 4th Audemars Piguet prize for his work Le Labyrinthe des Passions at the 35th ARCO Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid. He was the first non-Spanish artist to be awarded this prize. His project was a diptych made up of a large piece in white silk paper and its black twin which evoked a variety of emotions including melancholy, passionate love and nostalgia. This reflection was based on the opposition between blinding light and complete darkness, which are both in fact driven by the same forces. The artist wanted to present a piece which “is not a melancholy meditation on love and loss, but a powerful recognition of the possibility of staying alive when surrounded by cruel and brutal forces.”

In 2019 he was the obvious choice to represent Madagascar when the country took part in the Venice Biennale for the first time. He presented the installation J’ai oublié la nuit (I've forgotten the night), an assemblage of nine organic skies, that tumble down in a black cascade of bags, ropes and dark ashes.

Joël Andrianomearisoa is represented by the galleries RX (Paris), Sabrina Amrani (Madrid) and Primo Marella (Milan).

JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA

AWARDS

2016
IV Audemars Piguet Awards – ARCO Madrid 

COLLECTIONS

Les Abattoirs, Musée - FRAC Occitanie, Toulouse, France
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Studio Museum – Harlem, New York, USA
Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain – FRAC la Réunion, France
Médiathèque du Tampon, La Réunion, France
Art in Embassies, L’ambassade américaine à Antananarivo. Madagascar & USA
Koç Fondation, Istanbul, Turkey
Sindika Dokolo Fondation, Luanda, Angola
Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna, Italy
Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Musée d’art contemporain africain Al Maaden, Marrakech, Maroc
Fondation Revue Noire, Paris
Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Bénin
Complete Biography

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019
I have forgotten the night, Madagascar Pavilion, 58th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Cartography of desires, the space between us, Encounters Art Basel, Hong Kong
Blue take me to the end of all loves, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
Tomorrow tomorrow those are flowers. So how about tomorrow?, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Le printemps, Muse, Monaco
 
2018
No habíamos terminado de hablar sobre el amor, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Le PLI, Fundaçao Leal Rios, Lisbon, Portugal
The Geometry of the Angle as point of no Return to Dress the Contemporary, Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
Iarivo traduit de la nuit, Galerie RX, Paris, France
Sur un horizon infini se joue le théâtre de nos affection, Fondation Zinsou & Musée Ouidah, Cotonou, Benin
Le vent souffle sur votre cœur, Château d’Assier, Assier, France
 
2017
Sur un horizon infini se joue le théâtre de nos affections, Fondation Zinsou & Musée Ouidah, Cotonou, Benin
Les saisons de mon cœur, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Ausência, Uma Lulik Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Va et vient, Canal du Midi, France
À L’horizon de mes jours troubles, Joël Andrianomearisoa, Galeries Lafayettes, Toulouse, France
BIENALSUR, Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de l’Amérique du Sud
Le la Tour du Monde, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
Chanson de ma terre lointaine Joël Andrianomearisoa, Primo Marella Gallery. Milan, Italy
Sentimental Products, Musée les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France 
 
2016
Last year in Antananarivo, Tyburn Gallery, London, United Kingdom
The labyrinth of passions, Mykolas Žilinskas Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
La maison sentimentale, Dak’Art, Biennale d’Art Africain Contemporain, Dakar, Senegal
Accrochage, RX, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
 
2015
De Profundis, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Parlez-moi, Institut Français, Antananarivo, Madagascar
 
2014
Carte blanche to Joël Andrianomeariso, Vendôme Luxury, Le Meurice & Hôtel d’Évreux, Paris, France
Perfection the grave of our own existence, Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
 
2013
Sentimental, Maison Revue Noire, Paris, France
 
2012
Waiting for the seventh day that will bring us together, Jack Bell Gallery, London, United Kingdom
 
2011
0621146952, L’inlassable Galerie, Paris, France
En l’attente de l’aube qui nous surprendra aux rives du sommeil, Nomad Gallery. Brussels, Belgium
Le temps d’une rencontre ou pour toujours, Galerie Béatrice Binoche, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
Performance - Multi/ Attitudes, Sarah Khan Contemporary Art, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Hôtel des Rêves, Hôtel du Louvre, Antananarivo, Madagascar
 
2010
A perfect kind of love, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Smatesh Remix, Comme Il Faut, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
2009
I don´t know how to begin, I don´t know how it will end, Aksent, Ghent, Belgium
 
2008
Une Histoire, CCAC, Antananarivo, Madagascar
 
2007
Black our: mentalklinik project space, Istanbul, Turkey
 
2004
Bar, CCAC, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Bir Gece (One night), Maçka Gallery: mentalklinik - Infist. Istanbul, Turkey

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
Kubatana, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway
Encounters, Art Basel, Hong Kong
EXPO Chicago, Galerie RX, USA
Focus, Galerie RX, Paris, France
 
2018
Ravelled threads, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
ICI LA LIMITE DU ROYAUME EST LA MER, Institut Français, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Diy, Contempo, Paris, France
African Metropolis, an imaginary city, Maxxi, Rome, Italy
The Black Sphinx II, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
Tissage, tressage. Quand la sculpture defile, Villa Datris, L’isle sur la Sorgue, France
Hello World, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Le commerce de la parole, L’atelier blanc & Le moulin des arts, Villefranche de Rouergue & St Rémy, France
Joël Andrianomearisoa & Abdoulaye Konaté, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A Beast, A God, A Line, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
A Beast, A God, A Line. TS 1, Yangon, Myanmar
A Beast, A God, A Line, Parasite, Hong Kong
A Beast, A God, A Line, Dhaka Art Summit, Dacca, Bangladesh
All things being equal, Zeitz Mocaa, Cape Town, South Africa
ARCO Madrid, Sabrina Amrani Gallery. Madrid, Spain
1-54 Art Fair. Marrakech, Morocco
Dhaka Art Summit. Dacca, Bangladesh
La Sfinge Nera II, Primae Noctis, Lugano, Switzerland
 
2017
All things been equal, Inaugural show. Zeitz Moca, Cape Town, South Africa
Bordeline, Miniartextil, Como, Italy
Le la tour du monde. BIENALSUR, Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de América del Sur. Ufgrs centro & Campus Vale. Porto Alegre, Brazil
Le la tour du monde, BIENALSUR, Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de América del Sur, Muntref Avenida del Libertador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Quart d’heure américain, Mains d’œuvres, Saint Ouen, France
The black sphinx, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
NB, Galerie RX, Paris, France
Untitled, Tyburn Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Vers le Cap de Bonne Esperance, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France
Dalonaz II, Royal, Brussels, Belgium
The White Hunter, Frigoriferi Milanesi Art Center for Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
Afriques Capitales, La Villette, Paris, France
Autour du nouveau réalisme - Les Dadas des Daniel, Les Abattoirs - FRAC Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France
Artissima, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Turin, Italy
Art Brussels, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
ArtParis ArtFair, Lettera27 Foundation, Paris, France
ArtParis ArtFair, Magnin-a, Paris, France
The Armory Show, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, New York, USA
ARCOmadrid, Sabrina Amrani, Madrid, Spain
Cape Town Art Fair, Sabrina Amrani, Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town Art Fair, Primo Marella Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
India Art Fair, Sabrina Amrani, New Delhi, India
Artefiera, Bologna Art Fair, Primo Marella Gallery, Bologna, Italy
 
2016
White surfaces, Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
Not Really Really, Collection of Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Brussels, Belgium
Comme sur du papier, FRAC Réunion, La Réunion, France
Virage, Galerie de Roussan, Paris, France
Je ne suis plus une femme noire, Performance, Schauspielhaus, Chemnitz, Germany
Essential Paysage, Galerie Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco
Untitled Art Fair, Galerie Magnin-A, Miami, USA
Winter, Galerie RX, Paris, France
Essentiel paysage, Macaal, Marrakech, Morocco
Between Structure and Matter: Other Minimal Fututres, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
Tropicalia, Galerie l’inlassable, Paris, France
Dak’Art, Biennale d’art contemporain, Dakar, Senegal
1:54 Art Fair, Primo Marella Gallery, Sabrina Amarani, Magnin-A, and Tyburn Gallery, London, United Kingdom
 
2015
FIAC OFF, Paris, France
Broken english, Tyburn Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Africa Africans, Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
Rencontres de Bamako, Biennale africaine de la photographie, Bamako, Mali
1:54, Contemporary African Art fair, London, United Kingdom
The Divine Comedy, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, USA
Je ne suis plus une femme noire, Performance, Kinani Festival, Maputo, Mozambique
You love me, you love me not, Municipal Gallery Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal
A to Z, White project, Paris, France
Lugano mostra bandiera, Lugano, Switzerland
Something else, Off Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
 
2014
Africa Now: Political Patterns, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Divine Comedy, SCADMOA, Savannah, USA
Textile languages, Thalie Art Project, Brussels, Belgium
Divine Comedy, MMK, Frankfurt, Germany
Biennale de Dakar 2014, Dakar, Senegal
Warm heart of Africa, Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
 
2013
Periféeriques, Jacmel, Haiti
Epures, 7.5 club, Paris, France
Nouvelles vagues, Slmp, Palais de Tokyo; Galerie de Roussan, Paris, France
L'échappée belle, Grand Palais, Paris, France
 
2012
The progress of love, Menil Collection, Houston, USA
Sericum Graphein, Glassbox Gallery, Paris, France
21X29,7, Galerie de Roussan, Biennale de Belleville, Paris, France
MiniArtextil, Montrouge, France
 
2011
MiniArtextil 2011, Milan & Como, Italy
VideoBuro #4, Paris, France
Eat Me, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Africa !, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
 
2010
In Context, SA National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
The Global Africa Project, Museum of Arts & Design MAD, New York, USA
Africa assume Art Position!, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
12th Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
Docks en ciel, Fashion & design museum, Paris, France
3rd Sinopale Biennal, Sinop, Turkey
In Context, Goodman Gallery- Arts on main, Johannesburg, South Africa
Off the wall, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
A Collective Diary, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
2009
Sphères 2009, Galleria Continua; Goodman Gallery, Le Moulin, France
Regard special sur la Turquie, École Spéciale d'Architecture, Paris, France
Panaf, Relectures, Alger, Algeria
20 ans et encore à la mode, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Cholet, France
 
2008
Revue Noire Collection, NAAC Atelier, Nantes, France
Africa now!, World Bank, Washington, USA
Flow, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, USA
Black Paris- Black Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
 
2007
L'invention de la mémoire, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Gooood Food bis, Maison Descartes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bidibidibidiboo, Ecole des Beaux-Arts Le Port, La Réunion, France
Paris Black, Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany
Propos libres, La passerelle, Saint Brieuc, France
 
2006
Biennale du design, Saint Étienne, France
Dressing the contemporary, Progr, Bern, Switzerland
Africa Remix, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Paris Black, Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
9 Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
 
2005
Africa Remix, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Africa Remix, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
 
2004
Africa Remix, Museum KunstPalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Du Bosphore à la Moine, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Cholet, France
Lille 2004, Roubaix phare textile, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie la Piscine, Roubaix, France
 
2001
Archicouture, Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, France
Sand und seide, IFA, Stuttgart, Germany
 
2000
Paris pour escale, Arc-Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Fun five fun story, New South Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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