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Second Nature
Anthony Cudahy
Fiza Khatri
Justin Liam O’Brien
Françoise Pétrovitch
Laurent Proux
Philemona Williamson
Xie Lei
August 31 - October 5, 2024
In front of you, there are artworks created by seven artists brought together—federated is perhaps a better term—by Semiose, a kind of patchwork family, an extended community. At the very heart of their work, we discover exactly what Roland Barthes spoke of: the emergence of a spark, a flash of light, a moment of captivation or even rapture, in any case an awakening, an igniting of the senses, of fresh sensations and sensibilities—in both body and soul? And this emergence elevates them to a level beyond their physical selves, beyond what they depict or represent, to better establish that connection, that bond with the viewer.
- Anthony Cudahy
- Ian on his phone with Seneca and window , 2024
- Oil on wood
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- 30.5 ×
- 30.5 ×
- 3.7 × cm
- 12 ×
- 12 ×
- 1 7/16 × inches
- Françoise Pétrovitch
- Sans titre , 2023
- Ink wash on paper
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- 120 ×
- 80 × cm
- 47 1/4 ×
- 31 1/2 × inches
- unframed
- 138 ×
- 96 ×
- 5 × cm
- 54 5/16 ×
- 37 13/16 ×
- 1 15/16 × in
- framed
- Françoise Pétrovitch
- Sans titre , 2020
- Ink wash on paper
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- 80 ×
- 60 × cm
- 31 1/2 ×
- 23 5/8 × inches
- unframed
- 92 ×
- 72 ×
- 3.5 × cm
- 36 1/4 ×
- 28 3/8 ×
- 1 3/8 × in
- framed
- Françoise Pétrovitch
- Sans titre , 2024
- Ink wash on paper
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- 160 ×
- 120 × cm
- 63 ×
- 47 1/4 × inches
- unframed
- 176 ×
- 137 ×
- 5 × cm
- 69 5/16 ×
- 53 15/16 ×
- 1 15/16 × in
- framed
- Laurent Proux
- The Acrobat , 2024
- Oil on canvas
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- 220 ×
- 170 × cm
- 86 5/8 ×
- 66 15/16 × inches
- unframed
- 224 ×
- 174 ×
- 5 × cm
- 88 3/16 ×
- 68 1/2 ×
- 1 15/16 × in
- framed
What these works express beyond what they depict, what they convey or what they subvert, perhaps constitutes a certain state of existence reclaimed—a kind of euphoria, an intense state of joy—as vital as it is fragile, an impression of being where one has always desired to find oneself, unrestrained and entire.
- Laurent Proux
- Acrobatics , 2024
- Oil on canvas
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- 220 ×
- 170 × cm
- 86 5/8 ×
- 66 15/16 × inches
- unframed
- 224 ×
- 174 ×
- 5 × cm
- 88 3/16 ×
- 68 1/2 ×
- 1 15/16 × in
- framed
- Justin Liam O’Brien
- Wait a Minute , 2024
- Oil on canvas
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- 101.3 ×
- 76.7 ×
- 2.9 × cm
- 39 7/8 ×
- 30 3/16 ×
- 1 1/8 × inches
- unframed
- 105 ×
- 80 ×
- 5 × cm
- 41 5/16 ×
- 31 1/2 ×
- 1 15/16 × in
- framed
- Justin Liam O’Brien
- Waiter , 2024
- Oil on canvas
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- 91.6 ×
- 76.6 ×
- 2.9 × cm
- 36 1/16 ×
- 30 3/16 ×
- 1 1/8 × inches
- unframed
- 95 ×
- 80 ×
- 5 × cm
- 37 3/8 ×
- 31 1/2 ×
- 1 15/16 × in
- framed
This overwhelming feeling of having achieved within oneself this state of being is so intense that it seems to have been literally, and for all eternity absorbed; in other words: you have been accorded the gift of finally recognizing your “inner self.” Semiose provides a peaceful and welcoming setting for the utopian experience of this exhibition.
— Marc Donnadieu
- Xie Lei
- Indication , 2024
- Oil on canvas
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- 65 ×
- 50 × cm
- 25 9/16 ×
- 19 11/16 × inches
- unframed
- 67.5 ×
- 52.5 ×
- 5.5 × cm
- 26 9/16 ×
- 20 11/16 ×
- 2 3/16 × in
- framed
- Xie Lei
- Indication II , 2024
- Oil on canvas
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- 90 ×
- 65 × cm
- 35 7/16 ×
- 25 9/16 × inches
- unframed
- 92.5 ×
- 67.5 ×
- 5.5 × cm
- 36 7/16 ×
- 26 9/16 ×
- 2 3/16 × in
- framed
- Xie Lei
- Giving birth , 2024
- Oil on canvas
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- 65 ×
- 90 × cm
- 25 9/16 ×
- 35 7/16 × inches
- unframed
- 67.5 ×
- 92.5 ×
- 5.5 × cm
- 26 9/16 ×
- 36 7/16 ×
- 2 3/16 × in
- framed
- Philemona Williamson
- Yellow Bed , 2023
- Oil on linen
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- 36.5 ×
- 46 × cm
- 14 3/8 ×
- 18 × inches
- unframed
- 39.5 ×
- 50 ×
- 6 × cm
- 15 9/16 ×
- 19 11/16 ×
- 2 3/8 × in
- framed