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Thomas Paquet, Arc en ciel, 2023, signé, daté et numéroté au verso, Impression à l'agrandisseur sur papier sur papier argentique brillant, 61 x 50 cm.

Bigaignon

Mircea Cantor, Chaplet, 2007-2025, Wall drawing in typographic ink wall (in situ), variable dimensions, Pas de credit photo, Courtesy of the Artist and Dvir Gallery

Dvir Gallery

Ceysson & Bénétière

Stephané Edith Conradie 1990, Namibia

  • Stéphané Edith Conradie, Klinkende Simbaal II, 2025, Assemblage d’éléments divers, Courtesy Ceysson & Bénétière

Stéphané Edith Conradie, Klinkende Simbaal II, 2025, Assemblage d’éléments divers, Courtesy Ceysson & Bénétière

Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière is delighted to present recent works by artist Stephané Edith Conradie, created this spring during her residency at La Chaulme. Her work questions the way in which identity is constructed in the domestic sphere, in a context intertwining the legacies of colonialism and creolization.

Growing up in a country of which she has no cultural background, Stephané Edith Conradie places her reflections on identity at the heart of her artistic practice. In her own words: “I am of the place but not entirely indigenous to the land (…) My bundles or assemblages will aim to reflect on the idea of being simultaneously alien and indigenous to a place. She sees herself as a descendant of the Rehoboth Basters who left the Cape Colony in 1868 to settle in present-day Namibia. Her presence in this country is thus the fruit of historical displacement, making her neither foreign nor indigenous. From this point on, the concept of home appears as a fictitious space appropriated out of a need to belong, a shifting and unstable zone prey to historical and political forces. For the artist, domesticity is constructed through the small, accessible and mobile objects that the working classes often accumulate to decorate their interiors, and which can be taken away when they are forced to leave. Conradie integrates them into her assemblages, juxtaposing porcelain trinkets, figurines and junk ornaments. Collected from second-hand markets or forgotten interiors, these little folk treasures bear witness to intimate and collective histories. Their value is not monetary, but emotional. They console, bring people together and soothe. A veritable archaeologist of the intimate, Conradie breathes new life into these scattered fragments of memory, reassembling and accumulating them, doubling the apparent kitsch with a strong symbolic impact.

This principle takes on new resonance in the artist’s recent use of uranium glass, whose luminescence under UV light evokes a supernatural glow.

Harmless in this form, the material contains traces of a highly toxic ore mined at great depths – notably in Namibia, which alone accounts for 6% of the world’s uranium production. An extraterrestrial mineral born of a supernova, now a source of energy or destruction, it is here brought back to an intimate, decorative, almost innocent scale. But this luminous glass carries a story of dispossession. In Namibia, as elsewhere, uranium mining is in the hands of foreign powers and does not benefit local populations. It revives the colonial legacy of the plundering of African resources, without compensation. Uranium thus becomes a haunted material: that of a colonial ghost, of an invisible violence still at work.

As a vector of a troubled memory, her work extends her questioning of appropriation, colonial circulation and the silent forms of dispossession, and is part of a wider reflection by the artist on the creation of a Creole aesthetic.

Solo show of Stephané Edith Conradie

From May 15th to June 21st, 2025

23 Rue du Renard
Paris, France
01 42 77 08 22 www.ceyssonbenetiere.com/fr/home

The gallery

Founded in Saint-Étienne in 2006 by François Ceysson and Loic Bénétière, subsequently joined by Bernard Ceysson, artistic advisor, the Ceysson & Bénétière gallery expanded its presence in Luxembourg, Paris, Geneva and New York. In Luxembourg, the gallery now has a vast space at Wandhaff / Windhof near Koerich, measuring 1400 m2 and with more than 1200 m2 devoted solely to exhibitions.

Gallery artists

Wilfrid Almendra, André-Pierre Arnal, Amina Benbouchta, Trudy Benson, Vincent Bioulès, Roger Bissière, Robert Brandy, Pierre Buraglio, Louis Cane, Denis Castellas, Franck Chalendard, Alan Charlton, Max Charvolen, Claire Chesnier, Stephané Edith Conradie, Olivier Debré, Marc Devade, Daniel Dezeuze, Noël Dolla, Mounir fatmi, Philippe Favier, Daniel Firman, Christian Floquet, Gloria Friedmann, Toni Grand, Nancy Graves, Antwan Horfee, Rémy Jacquier, Phillip King, Sadie Laska, Lauren Luloff, Tomona Matsukawa, Jean Messagier, Champion Métadier, Nicolas Momein, Tania Mouraud Alexander Nolan, ORLAN, Bernard Pagès, Aurélie Pétrel, Jean-Pierre Pincemin, Florian Pugnaire & David Raffini, Roland Quetsch, Dorothea Rockburne, Lionel Sabatté, Patrick Saytour, Frank Stella, Rachael Tarravechia, Nam Tchun-Mo, David Tremlett, Mitja Tušek, André Valensi, Bernar Venet, Claude Viallat, Jean-Luc Verna, Wallace Whitney, Jesse Willenbring, Yves Zurstrassen

Galerie sélectionnée par Anaël Pigeat

In the thematic « Africa's Art Scene »

Jérôme Lagarrigue, Here I am, Huile sur toile, 65 x 65 cm, Courtesy Galerie Olivier Waltman.

Galerie Olivier Waltman

Ange-Arthur Koua, Jérôme Lagarrigue, Gastineau Massamba

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"Le rythme. Choc vibratoire de l'être"

Famakan Magassa, L’AMOUR ET LA JUSTICE, Acrylique et pastel à l'huile sur toile, 150 X 130 CM, 2025, copyright galerie Sabine Bayasli

Galerie Sabine Bayasli

Famakan Magassa 1997, Mali

"La vie est un compte"

Ahmed Legs, framed photography by ©️Hassan Hajjaj, 2022_1443. Courtesy of Ahmed, Hassan Hajjaj Studio & 193 Gallery

193 Gallery

Hassan Hajjaj 1961, Morocco

"Legs"

In the thematic « Contemporary Art »

Soufia Erfanian,
I Truly Love Both of You, 2024, Acrylique sur toile, 230 x 180 cm.

Galerie Christophe Gaillard

Soufia Erfanian 1990, Iran

"Lies That Bled Blue"

CLEMENT BAGOT, Sans titre, encre, aquarelle et transferts sur papier, 21x297 cm, 2024, courtesy Galerie 8+4

Galerie 8+4

Clément Bagot 1972, France

"Songe de Particules"

Joachim Bandau, vue de l'exposition personnelle ''La Face cachée'', 2016, Galerie Maubert, Paris

Galerie Maubert

Joachim Bandau 1936, Germany

"Solo Show''

In the thematic « Emerging Art »

La Galerie Rouge

Clarissa Bonet 1986, United States

"Clarissa Bonet, City Space"

Valentin Rilliet, Untitled, 2025, oil and sand on linen, 130 x 90 cm (51 ⅛ x 35 ⅜ in.). Courtesy de l’artiste et de la Galerie Peter Kilchmann Zurich/Paris

Galerie Peter Kilchmann

Valentin Rilliet 1996, Switzerland / China

"The Dream Synopsis"

Cédric Quissola, Avalanche, 2018

Ségolène Brossette Galerie

Christophe Beauregard, Elise Bergamini, Cyril Burget, Fabien de Chavanes, Marielle Degioanni, Michele Landel, Maud Louvrier Clerc, Laurence Nicola, Laure Pubert, Cédric Quissola, Nathalie Tacheau, Tania & Lazlo

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"Limited Prints"

In the thematic « Sculpture »

Martin Boyce, Drawn from Depths, 2025 (détail), acier peint, acier galvanisé, verre soufflé à la main, composants électriques, installation : 300 x 200 x 200 cm. Production du verre : Cirva, Marseille. Courtesy de l’artiste et Esther Schipper Berlin/Paris/Séoul. Photo © Eoin Carey

Esther Schipper

Martin Boyce 1967, Scotland

"Unhome"

Ofer Lellouche, Atelier 1, Bronze, 40 x 80 x 40, Epreuve 1_7, 2014 Courtesy Galerie La Forest Divonne

Galerie La Forest Divonne

Ofer Lellouche 1947, France

Photo by Matt Emonson

Galerie Lelong

Alison Saar 1956, United States

"Sweet Life"

In the thematic « Women Artists »

Jeanne Vicerial, Présence Amnios, 2025, Cordes, fils, cuivre et laiton doré à l'or fin, Photographie : Laurent Edeline, Courtesy TEMPLON, Paris-Bruxelles-New York

TEMPLON, Paris-Bruxelles-New York

Jeanne Vicerial 1991, France

"Nymphose"

Hessie

Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre

Hessie, Olga Theuriet, Jessye Wdowin-McGregor

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"Temps perdu, partie 2"

Afaf Zurayk, untitled, watercolour and crayon on canvas, 40x40cm. Courtesy of the artist.

15 Beautreillis

Amy Todman, Afaf Zurayk

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"Light Enters"

In the tour « Marais »

YOO Hye-Sook, M250405, 2025, acrylique et encre sur toile / acrylic and ink on canvas, 49,5 x 49,5 cm, © photo Nicolas Pfeiffer, Courtoisie Yoo Hye-Sook & Galerie Maria Lund

Galerie Maria Lund

Yoo Hye-Sook 1964, Republic of Korea

"Acte II"

Crocodile Tears (détail), 2024, Bâtons à l'huile, encres, acryliques, crayons, aquarelle sur papier aquarelle Arches 300 g., 130 х 650 сm, Photo Pauline Assathiany

Traits Libres

Noé Herbet 1994, France

"Yeux sable Eau dormante"

Vivian Van Blerk, La Clairiere, Sculpture ceramique, 65×65×70 cm.

Galerie Dominique Fiat

Vivian Van Blerk 1971 — 2024, South Africa

"Memento Mori"

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