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Gäelle Choisne (1985, FR) lives and works in Paris. Sensitive to contemporary issues, Gaëlle Choisne’s practice considers the complexity of the world, its political and cultural disorder, whether it be the over-exploitation of nature, its resources, or the vestiges of colonial history, where Creole esoteric traditions, myths and popular cultures mingle. Her projects are conceived as ecosystems of sharing and collaboration, pockets of «resistance» where new possibilities are created, notably with the «Temple of Love» project. Initiated from Roland Barthes’ original essay on love, «Fragments d’un discours amoureux» (1977), Gaëlle Choisne adds a political dimension to the concept of love by paying homage to invisible bodies, minority and fragile souls, and dispossessed hearts. «Temple of love » is an evolutionary project defining itself through its modes of appearance and genesis according to its invitations and its location. The works/installations of Gaëlle Choisne have been exhibited in many institutions: (Vitry-sur-Seine), Centrale Powerhouse (Montreal), CAFA Museum (Beijing), Pera Museum (Istanbul), MAM - Musée d’art moderne de Paris, Musée Fabre (Montpellier), Zacheta Gallery (Warsaw), The Mistake Room (Los Angeles), Bétonsalon (Paris), Gr_und project space (Berlin), MAMO - Centre d’art de la Cité radieuse de Marseille, La Villette x Pompidou (Paris), Centre d’art contemporain La Halle des bouchers (Vienne), Musée archéologique Henri-Prade (Lattes), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon etc. She has also participated in several biennials and triennials: 15th Gwandju Biennial (2024), 3rd Toronto Biennial of Art (2024), 5th New Museum Triennial (2021), 11th International Biennial of Contemporary Art (GIBCA), 13th International Biennial of Lyon (2015), 12th Havana Biennial (2015), Sharjah Biennial 13 (2017) and 14th Curitiba Biennial (2017). She has been part of many residency programs in France and internationally such as “Meeting Points collaboration” with CCA -Campus Caraïbéen des Arts (Martinique), Bethanian-KW (Berlin), the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam), Atelier Van Lieshout (Rotterdam), the Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris and OPTICA & Art3 Valence (Montreal). In 2024, Gaëlle Choisne won the Marcel Duchamp Prize and, in 2021, the AWARE Prize. In 2019, she is nominated for the Ricard Foundation Prize and the Sam Art Project. Gaëlle Choisne is represented by the gallery Air de Paris, Romainville (FR).

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Aquarium Biennial Fair Fruits Installation Love Performance Plants Sculpture Shells Stèles Temple of Love Videos Workshop

Linea de amore, 2023

Metal, concrete, shell
35 x 300 cm

Photo © Massimo Camplone

Défixion, Musée Henri-Prades and MO.CO, Panacée - Gaëlle Choisne

Photo : Marc Domage

Défixion, Musée Henri-Prades and MO.CO, Panacée, 2020

Site archéologique Lattara-musée Henri Prades in collaboration with MO.CO - Montpellier Contemporain, France
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Defixio in Latin, κατάδεσμος / katádesmos in ancient Greek, are the most widespread type of evidence that has come down to us of ancient magic from the sixth century BC to the sixth century, throughout the Greco-Roman world. Attested in the literature, the practice literally consists of nailing, binding a person. The aim of defixion would be to subject another human being to one’s will, to render him or her incapable of acting according to one’s own will, a practice nowadays called bewitchment. The defixiones amatoriae aim at attracting a loved one, and this most often in a definitive and immediate way. This exhibition would therefore have the same purpose. To subject human beings to act otherwise than by their own will, in a common destiny in favor of a full consciousness for a respect and a love of the mixed cultures and of the Nature. Défixion is therefore a particular spell. The exhibition appears as the space of a temple destined to offerings of different natures: offerings in gratitude to the universe to allow us to (re)fall in love with it, offerings to forgive mankind for the disasters we commit on Earth or to reflect on the question of giving as with « Do not banish me from your heart ».

Independent Art Fair, New York City - Gaëlle Choisne

Courtesy Air de Paris x NiCOLETTi. Photo: Alexa Hoyer

Independent Art Fair, New York City, 2023

Air de Paris x NiCOLETTi present Gaëlle Choisne, New York, May 11 - 14, 2023

Mentorship, Reiffers Art Initiatives - Gaëlle Choisne

Reiffers Art Initiatives - Paris, 2023
Photo © Aurélien Mole

Mentorship, Reiffers Art Initiatives, 2023

Reiffers Art Initiatives - Paris, 2023
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Lorna Simpson is the mentor of artist Gaëlle Choisne for the third edition of the 2023 Reiffers Art Initiatives mentorship program. The exhibition will be presented at the Reiffers Art Center on the occasion of Art Basel Paris.

For this latest edition of its Mentorship Program, Reiffers Art Initiatives will present an exhibition by artist Gaëlle Choisne, accompanied by her mentor Lorna Simpson – a pioneer in the 80s of conceptual photography that closely links text and image – whose work has been exhibited in numerous prestigious art institutions and events, including the Venice Biennale in 1990. Born in Cherbourg and living in Paris, Gaëlle Choisne is a French artist whose artistic approach is guided by multiple inspirations. In her installations, created at the crossroads of sculpture and photography, she evokes her relationship with her Haitian origins. Represented by Galerie Air de Paris, the artist has already exhibited internationally, notably in London, Kyoto and the United States.