unRepresented by a ppr oc he, 4th edition, Le Molière, 40 rue de Richelieu, Paris 1st. Free entry upon reservation. Until Sunday 12 April, 1pm–6pm.
What an intriguing name, “unRepresented”, but crystal clear. Artists without gallery representation, brought together in a salon that exists precisely to give them a platform. Fifteen of them this weekend at Le Molière, a private mansion a stone’s throw from Palais Royal, each with a solo show, each backed by a patron who has committed to supporting their work. Founded by Émilie Genuardi, it runs concurrently with Art Paris and PAD. Not a satellite but a counterpoint. The atmosphere is almost familial, though fully professional as they are here to talk about how they shape and craft their emotions.
Auriane Kołodziej transfers self-portraits onto oxidised, broken mirrors before sealing the fragments in blocks of black resin, each one accompanied by a handwritten poem. The work is built on dualities: darkness and light, control and release, density and fragility, exquisite tension. The resin blocks catch light differently from every angle, now revealing, now withholding. The material is allowed to breathe and assert itself, yet it remains under the artist’s hand. A body enclosed, and somehow protected by the very matter that encloses it. The whole made with the greatest delicacy.
Claudia Huidobro, former muse of Jean Paul Gaultier, has built over several decades a polymorphic practice spanning photography, collage, drawing and performance. Her large-scale collages, developed during lockdown, breathe rather than fill. Each one works like a toy box of stories where small details and assembled fragments feel almost alive, every grouping giving you the urge to set them in motion.
Carline Bourdelas photographs Camille Mervin-Leroy, model and ASVOFF jury member, in a series that works through superimposed images, layering them to create texture and depth. The effect is cinematic and Renaissance-inflected, carrying something intimate and suspended in time.
unRepresented by a ppr oc he, Le Molière, 40 rue de Richelieu, Paris 1st. Free entry. Saturday 11 April 1pm–8pm. Sunday 12 April 1pm–6pm.
