Paradise is close, 2024
Duo show with Bijan Ramezani curated by Galerie Laroches/Joncas.
Toward the distant lands of Unama’kik, Paradise is close explores the tension between what is worth living for and the experience of being a contemplative participant in the modern world, waiting for an imminent end. While embracing the mundane nature of human activity, the artists leave behind relics and traces of their passage. Displaced from their original context, the works settle effortlessly into the rural landscape where La Shed is rooted. Through a visual language that captures both the bleak and the ordinary, the artists offer a reflection on who we are—one that, despite its somber tone, holds onto a sense of hope. Because even if the gallery experience feels heavy, the colors here are anything but gray.

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