Semiose
Justin Liam O'Brien , Etats-Unis
"All Sunsets Risen"
Etats-Unis
Justin Liam O’Brien Dark Room, 2024 Huile sur toile Photo : Atelier de l'artiste, mars 2024 Courtesy Semiose, Paris
First solo exhibition of the artist in France and at the Semiose gallery, “All Sunsets Risen” brings together about ten recent paintings. With the exception of a few landscape paintings, the human figure predominates in these works. The artist depicts young men, sometimes alone, most often in pairs. By forming a couple, perhaps momentary, they isolate themselves from the rest of society.
This exclusive bond between two individuals, which suggests desire, romantic feelings, and the dependence on the other to which one consents, runs through numerous works.
Solo show of Justin Liam O’Brien
From May 4th to June 15th, 2024
The gallery
Founded in 2007 in the 20th arrondissement of Paris before moving to Le Marais in 2011, Semiose immediately established itself in the artistic landscape as a gallery with a programming deeply rooted in the margins. Nourished by underground cultures, it champions forms and ideas born in political, social, or geographical fringes.
The practice of citation serves as a common reference point for the artists represented by the gallery and raises complex questions related to the creation and dissemination of images, the role and meaning of archives, and visual culture in the broadest sense. Semiose promotes an aesthetic grounded in questions of taste and, consequently, cultural hierarchies. Techniques of collage, appropriation, and détournement are shared by most artists, leading to a converging interest in representation and references to the real and the everyday.
Emerging artists rub shoulders with historical figures or those of international stature. Over time and through careful professional networking, institutions and public collections have forged unbreakable bonds with the artists promoted by the gallery. Semiose also goes beyond mere artist representation: it fully plays its role in the art ecosystem with a scientific and curatorial approach. It oversees the production of artworks and ensures rigorous documentary and archival work around the represented artists.
Semiose also expands its activities through a publishing house, Semiose éditions. Available internationally, over a hundred titles have been published to date, including monographs, artist books, writings and essays, a magazine, and a collection of artists' coloring books.
Gallery artists
Salvatore Arancio, Amélie Bertrand, Szabolcs Bozó, Amy Bravo, William S. Burroughs, Hugo Capron, Anthony Cudahy, Guillaume Dégé, documentation Céline Duval, Oli Epp, Steve Gianakos, Sebastien Gouju, Hippolyte Hentgen, Otis Jones, Aneta Kajzer, Laurent Le Deunff, Françoise Pétrovitch, Abraham Poincheval, Présence Panchounette, Laurent Proux, Stefan Rinck, Ernest T., Moffat Takadiwa, Julien Tiberi, Felice Varini, Philemona Williamson, Xie Lei, Beat Zoderer
