Nú Barreto - L'imparfait et l'impératif, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris 2021

(FR) La Galerie Nathalie Obadia est heureuse de présenter la troisième exposition de l’artiste Nú Barreto, après Homo imparfaits en 2019 à Bruxelles. Né en 1966 à São Domingos en Guinée-Bissau Nú Barreto vit et travaille à Paris depuis 1989. Après un détour par la photographie, le dessin est rapidement devenu le médium de prédilection de l’artiste, dont la réflexion sur l’Afrique contemporaine s’exprime aussi à travers de puissantes installations murales. Choisi pour représenter son pays à l’Exposition Universelle de Lisbonne en 1998, Nú Barreto mène aujourd’hui une carrière internationale et incarne une figure notoire de l’art contemporain africain.
L’exposition L’imparfait et l’impératif présente un ensemble de nouvelles œuvres sur papier recyclé, convoquant aussi bien le dessin que le collage, ainsi qu’un polyptique de 42 dessins, que l’artiste conçoit comme le carnet de bord de ces derniers mois de pandémie. Saisissante démonstration d’une verve graphique au service d’une vision âpre, ces œuvres expriment autant sur les souffrances du peuple africain que sur la condition humaine, à travers le thème de l’enfermement. Sous les coups de crayons vifs et enlevés de l’artiste, la vie y apparaît comme un exercice de haute voltige.
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(ENG) Galerie Nathalie Obadia is delighted to present Nú Barreto’s third exhibition, after Homo Imparfaits in 2019 in Brussels. Born in 1966, in São Domingo, in Guinea-Bissau, Nú Barreto has lived and worked in Paris since 1989. After trying his hand at photography, he soon turned to drawing as his medium of choice. His reflections on contemporary Africa are also expressed in powerful mural installations. Selected to represent his country at the World Exposition in Lisbon, in 1998, Nú Barreto now enjoys an international career and incarnates a notable figure of contemporary African art.
The exhibition L’imparfait et l’impératif presents a group of new works on recycled paper, which are part drawing part collage, and a 42-drawing polyptych conceived as a sort of logbook for these months of pandemic. A striking demonstration of graphic eloquence put to the service of a bitter vision of reality, these works illustrate the suffering of the African people and the human condition, via the theme of confinement. Under the artist’s sharp and lively draftsmanship, life is seen as a high-risk exercise. When he thinks of his native country, a former Portuguese colony, Nú Barreto recalls the grueling march toward independence, followed by political and military instability punctuated by numerous coups. Today, the artist looks at the current situation in Guinea-Bissau with lucidity and acerbity. He sees the ever growing socio-economic disparities. More broadly, what shines, figuratively through his work, in the form of his ‘homos imparfaits,’ is the complexity of the issues that determine relations between the different African states and the Western world.

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Gostei muito

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C'est excellant travail! Bonne continuation .😘

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Grande artista

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An International Artist of our times and generation. Another great exhibition that makes up for a very good and captivating reflection of ourselves. Catch the exhibition if you can... "Art is in the eye of the beholder". DJ Dede Da Cruz. Canberra, Australia17.05.2021

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loved the way he expresses himself with how the world has effected him and the drawings are very powerful.

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Parabéns

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