Brise du rouge soleil

Centre des Monuments Nationaux

Aigues-Mortes, France

2021

Joël Andrianomearisoa

In collaboration with the Centre des monuments nationaux, Rubis Mécénat gave a “carte blanche” to Joël Andrianomearisoa to take possession of the Towers and Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes in 2021.

The exhibition “Brise du rouge soleil” (Sun-Red Breeze) presents a series of works, along the ramparts and from tower to tower, which evoke the world of the artist and the history of the monument. These include textile works, sculptures, metal structures placed along the parapet walk and more. The result of research work and several study trips, the artist was inspired by the memory of the ancient port city open to the Mediterranean, with its lagoon and the salt marshes, materials from the Camargue and elsewhere, as well as the writings of the Malagasy poet Maurice Ramarozaka.

The exhibition also unveiled an original triptych created by the artist at the Ndao Hanavao laboratory, a socio-cultural program around social design initiated by Rubis Mécénat in Madagascar in 2018, and the experimental film “La Nuit Dernière”, directed by Alexander Murphy, co-written with Joël Andrianomearisoa and produced by Rubis Mécénat.

Within the frame of the Africa2020 Season

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Born in 1977 in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Joël Andrianomearisoa lives and works between Paris, Antananarivo and Magnat-l'Étrange. Expressing himself through a variety of media and materials, his work seeks to give form to non-explicit, often abstract narratives. His multi-faceted approach - from sculpture to installations, craft to writing, textiles and new collaborations - is inspired by his native Madagascar, a country of diverse influences...

In 2019, Joël Andrianomearisoa represented Madagascar at the 58th Venice Biennale, and his works have been exhibited in leading international institutions, including MAXXI, Rome, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, Centre Pompidou and most recently Palais de Tokyo, Paris. His works are also part of major international collections, including those of the Smithsonian (Washington DC), the Studio Museum in Harlem (New York), or the Yavarhoussen Collection (Antananarivo) and the Sztuki Museum (Łódź). In 2016, he was awarded the Arco Madrid Audemars Piguet prize. He obtained a degree in architecture from the École spéciale d'architecture (Paris) in 2003. Since 2020, Joël Andrianomearisoa has also been the founder and artistic director of Hakanto Contemporary in Madagascar. He is represented by the Almine Rech gallery.