Reiffers Art Initiatives - "Soukhos" Exhibition
Reiffers Art Initiatives has organized at the Acacias Art Center the exhibition "Soukhos" by Raphaël Barontini, to present his work for the LVMH Métiers d'Art residency.
Raphaël Barontini’s SOUKHOS exhibition, the culmination of his LVMH Métiers d'Art artistic residency, was organized in partnership with Reiffers Art Initiatives and with the support of the Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.
Raphaël Barontini is a 36-year-old visual artist who graduated from the Beaux-Arts in Paris and Hunter College of Art in New York. His works "creolizing images" have already been exhibited by many museums and galleries around the world, notably through well received showings in the United States ౼ from Savannah to Fort Worth and most recently in Chicago.
In his multifaceted work, the visual artist constantly questions the relationship between art and craft, East and West, and politics.
In 2020, he was selected by LVMH Métiers d'Art for an artist residency in Singapore’s Heng Long tannery, renowned for its exceptional expertise and know-how in tanning and finishing crocodile leather. The entirety of his pieces created during his residency as well as several pieces that represent his overall work were showcased at Acacias Art Center in July 2021.
Crédit photo : Nicolas Brasseur.
Reiffers Art Initiatives is a foundation created to support young contemporary creation and cultural diversity.
Reiffers Art Initiatives’ mission is to support France’s new art scene and give it international visibility. It finances and gives exposure to thirty emerging artists every year, who will influence tomorrow’s contemporary art scene.
Reiffers Art Initiatives - "Mark Handforth" Exhibition
Mark Handforth inaugurates the Acacias Art Center with new works specially designed for its new spaces.
From his studio in Miami, the heir of the Pop Art generation has worked on one of his signature twists on everyday objects and urban furniture.
Created in collaboration with curator Timothée Chaillou and in partnership with the New York gallery Gavin Brown, the exhibition proposes to explore the theme of light in the artist's work. Bridging Pop Art and Minimalism, the British artist occupies the space with monumental and luminous works that playfully divert everyday objects. Often interwoven with phosphorescent lights, his sculptures intersect with the lights of Paris rooftops visible under the glass roof of the Acacias Art Center.
Numéro 248
Numéro 248 of October 2024
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Issue 248 “Mode” of October 2024 features: fashion series by Brigitte Niedermair, Txema Yeste, Szilveszter Makó, Julien Vallon, Bjarne x Takata, Bruno + Nico and Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello.
Also in this issue: Argentine singer Nathy Peluso confesses the inspirations behind her music, a crossroads of genres - R'n'B, salsa, cumba - which is revealed here in a fashion series photographed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello; as well as French actress Noémie Merlant, who starred in the film Emmanuelle before releasing her first feature film Les Femmes au Balcon.
Numéro 248 takes a look at pop angel Pierre de Maere, crowned Male Revelation at the 2023 Victoires de la musique awards; and also at the new fashion guard to watch at the LVMH awards, which this year honored designers Hodakova and Duran Lantink.
Also in this issue: an interview with José Martinez, director of dance at the Paris Opéra; a meeting with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Thai filmmaker to whom the Centre Pompidou is devoting a major retrospective; the artist Marisol, a pop art figure highlighted by the Fondation Louis Vuitton this autumn; design nuggets at PAD London; director Chantal Akerman's exhibition-event at the Jeu de Paume; young visual artist Mimosa Echard, who is preparing her solo show at Galerie Chantal Crousel...
