2023

A STORY OF BROKEN CROCKERY - LA FACE CACHÉE ÉDITIONS

DESSIN CRAYONS DE COULEUR

A series of drawings initiated in June 2020 and completed in September 2022, A Story of Broken Crockery is a collection of 41 coloured pencil drawings of mixed subjects. Produced sporadically, these drawings transcribe an everyday life by freely representing scenes that are sometimes metaphorical and mysterious, sometimes grotesque and playful.

The series of drawings is published by éditions La Face Cachée, a publishing house launched for the occasion by Ardalan Yaghoubi. We co-published this project together, with the help of Magalie Brueder for the graphic design, Nicolas Fruhaüf for the colorimetric design, Chloë Fage for the French proofreading, Rena Kenović for the English proofreading,Manon Kiziboukoufor the outlining some of the silouhettes.

The drawings and the book were launched and exhibited from 20 April to 11 May 2023 at the Cahiers d'Art gallery located in the bookshop of the Palais de Tokyo. The installation, conceived and designed in collaboration with Samuel Jacques, is a mesh of steel rings produced, assembled and welded by hand in Romainville. The mesh is more than three metres long and more than one metre high.

A first part of the series of drawings was exhibited in April 2021 following a two-week residency at L'oasis d'Uzerche during the group exhibition "Exposissimo, episode 1: Welcome to the Villa Doudoune!

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The book is set in a dark green space, nice cover, cool colours
A story of broken crockery, La Face Cachée éditions Photo by Oriane Robaldo
The book is open on a drawing in which we see two characters, one terrifying the other one terrified, the strongest colour is green.
A story of broken crockery, La Face Cachée éditions Photo by Oriane Robaldo
The book is open on two drawings, one is a granny smelling flowers, the other one is eerie, a cut apple in a shadow
A story of broken crockery, La Face Cachée éditions Photo by Oriane Robaldo
general view of the installation, it is located in the art center's book shop. we can see the draings hanging from the steel ringed mesh by magnets, a plant on the left and books on the side
A Story of broken crockery, opening at the Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo
Paper cartel drawn by the artist, the thick piece of paper is hanging from a chain of steel rings by two magnets on top of it
A Story of broken crockery, Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo
Photo of three persons in front on the installation are gazing at the steel ring mesh and drawings suspend with magnets
A Story of broken crockery, opening at the Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo
a mesh of metal rings made by hand are handling the drawings with small round magnets
A Story of broken crockery,opening at the Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo
a mesh of metal rings made by hand are handling the drawings with small round magnets
A Story of broken crockery, Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo
a mesh of steel rings made by hand are handling the drawings with small round magnets
A Story of broken crockery, Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo
portrait of the artist from the back hanging a print to the wall
A Story of broken crockery, opening at the Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo
a5 dessin de deux hommes embrassant leur homosexualité, des raisins, des oiseaux
September’s Sweet Little Grapes
des dessins
On the left: Snif snif / on the right: Epilogue: How I feel about Knowledge right now, part 2
Silhouette dans une silhouette, des explosions, un enfant interieur, un enfant qui marche
Selfportrait with the Page of Cups
We see the back of the book with the Title written in a mettalic green on a white page, shoot on a green background
A Story of broken crockery, launching at the Cahiers d'Arts gallery, Palais de Tokyo. Picture by Oriane Robaldo