Galerie Marion Chauvy
Monica Jahan Bose et Anju Chaudhuri
"Sustenance 2024"
Monica Jahan Bose et Anju Chaudhuri Water 14 (Ganga, Padma, Reunion), 2008
The gallery is pleased to present the exhibition « Sustenance 2024 » with the artists Monica Jahan Bose and Anju Chaudhuri from April 2 to May 28, 2024
The American artist from Bangladesh Monica Jahan Bose has exhibited on numerous occasions in Paris, including at UNESCO in 2009. Her last collaboration with Anju Chaudhuri in Washington D.C. dates from 2019. In the American environmental context and for Monica Jahan Bose, who has long explored marine ecosystems in the face of global warming, the 2019 exhibition at the Carrol Square Gallery reflected more the Anacostia, a river crossing the American capital, than the Ganges. More than five years later, the Parisian exhibition bears witness, whatever the borders, to the same observation, Anju
Chaudhuri’s swirling compositions on the theme of water resonate with Monica Jahan Bose’s acrylics and woodcuts, representing fishes, rivers and oceans, highlighting the continuity of the environmental concern shared by the two artists over times and places.
The two artists of the same origin, Monica Jahan Bose based in Washington and Anju Chaudhuri based in Paris, maintain a continuous link with the
ir ancestral land: the Bay of Bengal. Their respective homes found themselves in two different countries in 1947, but the same cultural values animate their artistic and social experience. The presentation evokes as much the spirituality of Hindu cosmogonic myths in the work of Anju Chaudhuri, as the activist and multidisciplinary dimension of Monica Jahan Bose in her relationship with Nature in environmental and cultural terms.
In the context of globalization, their collaboration integrating different places and temporalities, rebalances the balance of power between countries lacking visibility, powerless to promote their cultures, and countries benefiting from international recognition.
Duo show of Monica Jahan Bose and Anju Chaudhuri
From April 2nd to May 28th, 2024
The gallery
Since its inception, the gallery has showcased international artistic movements of the immediate post-war period, particularly the artists of the Cobra group. Since 2016, the gallery has represented and supported the work of established and emerging contemporary artists, advocating for the diversity of the artistic scene from a multigenerational and transnational perspective. Among the artists whose first exhibitions in Paris were supported by the gallery are Tonia Nedji, Soly Cissé, Wole Lagunju, Monica Jahan Bose, Samuel Nnorom... whose works have entered international private and institutional collections. The gallery provides support for residencies such as Ibrahim Ballo's residency at the French Institute and Cité Internationale des Arts, for publications, in 2024, the release of a monograph dedicated to Soly Cissé has just received support from CNAP, as well as loans to Museums such as the Musée de l'Homme for an exhibition scheduled in 2025. The gallery has collaborated with various institutions such as the French Institute, Cité Internationale des Arts, CAC Passerelle de Brest, Centre Montevidéo, Fondation Pernod-Ricard, and participates in fairs such as Art Paris, Akaa Art & Design Fair and Volta Fair New York.
Established in 1997 in Paris, the Marion Chauvy gallery is a member of the Professional Committee of Art Galleries.
Gallery artists
Marta Pan, Véra Pagava, Seyni Awa Camara, Marcel Barbeau, Jean-Marc Brunet, Wole Lagunju, Bengt Lindström, Soly Cissé, Victor Olaoyé, Samuel Nnorom, João Alexandrino - Jas, Adewumi Oyeyemi, Monica Jahan Bose, Anju Chaudhuri, Sheila Fuseini
