28 épisodes
Clémentine de Chabaneix
Gallery NOKOGIRI (Shibuya, Tokyo) is pleased to present 28 episodes, the first solo exhibition in Japan by French artist Clémentine de Chabaneix. The exhibition will feature a total of 28 ceramic works on display for the first time. Clémentine is the granddaughter of the world-renowned sculptors Les Lalanne. She overturned the world's formidable preconceptions and liberated herself as an expressionist and established her own originality. On the surface of her work, which is reminiscent of Japanese animation, indigenous horror and anaesthetic comfort cohabit. Theatrical yet refusing to become a narrative, dreamlike yet sharpening consciousness. It is defiant yet infinitely tender, psychological yet unable to find reason. The cast attempt to overcome reality by sharing the same script and the same anxieties. There is no applause, no orchestra, no dialogue at the curtain of the opera created by Clémentine. Just a spotlight on the beating of my heart and the shadow of my existence as I sit in the audience.
・About information
Exhibition Title: 28 épisodes
Artist: Clémentine de Chabaneix
Dates: Fri, September 09, 2022 - Sun, November 06, 2022
Opening Hours: 12 pm-7 pm
Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays
Location: NOKOGIRI
2F, 5-17 Sarugakucho, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0033
Tel 03-6712-7878
[email protected]
The gallery is by appointment only.
Please make a reservation here.
Artist: Clémentine de Chabaneix
Dates: Fri, September 09, 2022 - Sun, November 06, 2022
Opening Hours: 12 pm-7 pm
Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays
Location: NOKOGIRI
2F, 5-17 Sarugakucho, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0033
Tel 03-6712-7878
[email protected]
The gallery is by appointment only.
Please make a reservation here.
・About Clémentine de Chabaneix
©︎Capucine de Chabaneix
Clémentine de Chabaneix was born in 1972 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. Her parents were actors and her grandparents were the world-renowned sculptors Claude Lalanne and François-Xavier Lalanne. Clémentine's artistic career began in the theatre, where she studied drawing, painting and sculpture before turning to ceramics. She has arrived at her own unique way of expression, inheriting techniques from her grandmother, Claude Lalanne.
・About the exhibited works
A total of 28 works are presented, 27 in ceramic and one in bronze. Most were made for this exhibition of works. Twenty of them are small remakes of casts that often appear in her work. They are, so to speak, a pilot version of this exhibition of works.
・About the exhibition
Good way to explain this artwork exhibition is to rely on dream stories.
For example, here is a dream. A play of 28 acts is about to begin. I don't know what it is about, but I am lost backstage. Each cast member has already taken on the role they have been given. Some are rehearsing for the last time, some are doing a mental concentration, some are doing make-up, some are having their crocodiles zipped up, some are moving around, but there is a buzz, excitement and a deep sense of tension in the air. I have been feeling like I know them all very well for some time now. As I get closer and look more closely, I realise that it is my memory that has changed shape. So I already know what the play will be like. No, if so many memories have been gathered, perhaps a different ending has been prepared. I have to go back to the auditorium. But is there a seat for me? Just when I thought, you are this, they put a bat mask on me. Yes, I was part of the cast. The opening bell rings.
For example, here is a dream. A play of 28 acts is about to begin. I don't know what it is about, but I am lost backstage. Each cast member has already taken on the role they have been given. Some are rehearsing for the last time, some are doing a mental concentration, some are doing make-up, some are having their crocodiles zipped up, some are moving around, but there is a buzz, excitement and a deep sense of tension in the air. I have been feeling like I know them all very well for some time now. As I get closer and look more closely, I realise that it is my memory that has changed shape. So I already know what the play will be like. No, if so many memories have been gathered, perhaps a different ending has been prepared. I have to go back to the auditorium. But is there a seat for me? Just when I thought, you are this, they put a bat mask on me. Yes, I was part of the cast. The opening bell rings.
・Selected Exhibitions
2022
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design), Paris - France
2020
Animus - solo show, Pierre Passebon Gallery §Antonine Catzéflis Gallery, Paris - France
2019
Domaine du Muy, Contemporary sculpture park – France
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design), London – GB
Olivier Rousseau Gallery, Tours – France
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège – Belgium
Shapes of wonderland, Comptoir 102, Dubaï - United Arab Emirates
2018
Solo show, Antonine Catzéflis Gallery, Paris - France
Animacopia - solo show, Carole Descombe Gallery, Los Angeles - USA
Olivier Rousseau Gallery, Tours - France
Vendredi 13 - solo show, Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
2017
Picot-Le Roy Gallery, Morgat - France
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
Antonine Catzeflis Gallery, Paris - France
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design), Paris - France
Trait pour trait - group show, Olivier Rousseau Gallery, Tours - France
2016
Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
Céramiques, Antonine Catzeflis Gallery, Paris - France
Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design) Paris - France
2015
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
Antonine Catzeflis Gallery, Paris - France
2014
Au-delà de mes Rêves, Monastère Royal de Brou, Bourg en Bresse - France
Picot-Le Roy Gallery, Morgat - France
2013
Silent Circus, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome - Italie
Beyond my dreams, Mondapart Gallery, Boulogne-Billancourt - France
Art au Carré, Albane Gallery, Nantes - France
Pop Surrealism - What a Wonderfool World, Musée Casa del Conte Vedre, Turin - Italy
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design), Paris - France
2020
Animus - solo show, Pierre Passebon Gallery §Antonine Catzéflis Gallery, Paris - France
2019
Domaine du Muy, Contemporary sculpture park – France
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design), London – GB
Olivier Rousseau Gallery, Tours – France
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège – Belgium
Shapes of wonderland, Comptoir 102, Dubaï - United Arab Emirates
2018
Solo show, Antonine Catzéflis Gallery, Paris - France
Animacopia - solo show, Carole Descombe Gallery, Los Angeles - USA
Olivier Rousseau Gallery, Tours - France
Vendredi 13 - solo show, Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
2017
Picot-Le Roy Gallery, Morgat - France
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
Antonine Catzeflis Gallery, Paris - France
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design), Paris - France
Trait pour trait - group show, Olivier Rousseau Gallery, Tours - France
2016
Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
Céramiques, Antonine Catzeflis Gallery, Paris - France
Club Sensible Gallery, Paris - France
PAD Artfair (Paris Art Design) Paris - France
2015
Christine Colon Gallery, Liège - Belgium
Antonine Catzeflis Gallery, Paris - France
2014
Au-delà de mes Rêves, Monastère Royal de Brou, Bourg en Bresse - France
Picot-Le Roy Gallery, Morgat - France
2013
Silent Circus, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome - Italie
Beyond my dreams, Mondapart Gallery, Boulogne-Billancourt - France
Art au Carré, Albane Gallery, Nantes - France
Pop Surrealism - What a Wonderfool World, Musée Casa del Conte Vedre, Turin - Italy