Lorna Simpson mentor of Gaëlle Choisne

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Acacias Art Center
30, rue des Acacias
75017 Paris

Dates
From October 18th to the 18th November 2023
Wednesday - Sunday / 12pm – 8pm

Lorna Simpson is the mentor of artist Gaëlle Choisne for the third edition of the 2023 Reiffers Art Initiatives mentorship program. The exhibition will be presented at the Acacias Art Center on the occasion of Paris + by Art Basel.

For this latest edition of its Mentorship Program, Reiffers Art Initiatives will present an exhibition by artist Gaëlle Choisne, accompanied by her mentor Lorna Simpson – a pioneer in the 80s of conceptual photography that closely links text and image – whose work has been exhibited in numerous prestigious art institutions and events, including the Venice Biennale in 1990. Born in Cherbourg and living in Paris, Gaëlle Choisne is a French artist whose artistic approach is guided by multiple inspirations. In her installations, created at the crossroads of sculpture and photography, she evokes her relationship with her Haitian origins. Represented by Galerie Air de Paris, the artist has already exhibited internationally, notably in London, Kyoto and the United States.

PARTNER Mazarine Group
SCENOGRAPHY La Mode en Images

Mentorat 2023 Lorna Simpson & Gaëlle Choisne, Exhibition view (c) Aurélien Mole

Gaëlle Choisne

is a Franco-Haitian artist based in Paris. The artist likes to interweave intellectual and artistic disciplines. Singing, music, sculpture, videos, debates and voodoo rites.

A graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Gaëlle joined the prestigious Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in January 2017. In her installations, created at the crossroads of sculpture and photography, she evokes displacement, architecture, the organic, matter and waste. Designated by Lorna Simpson to form the Reiffers Art Initiatives "Mentor and Young Talent" 2023 duo, Gaëlle Choisne will exhibit her work in an exhibition at the Acacias Art Center during Paris + by Art Basel.