{"id":276600,"date":"2025-05-11T15:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T06:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=276600"},"modified":"2025-05-11T15:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T20:42:43","slug":"art-paris-contemporary-art-is-back-at-the-grand-palais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/art\/art-paris-contemporary-art-is-back-at-the-grand-palais\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Paris, the leading spring event for modern and contemporary art is back at the Grand Palais"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prestigious galleries and renowned artists take center stage in the fully renovated nave of the Grand Palais in Paris - with a spotlight on \u201cyoung promises\u201d<\/h3>\r\n

W<\/span>hen people think of art history, their minds often go straight to the iconic figures: painters, sculptors, and architects who gave shape to movements and styles. Yet, behind many of the boldest shifts in artistic direction, stand individuals whose influence is less public but no less decisive\u2014gallery owners. These figures, often driven by intuition, stubbornness, and an unshakable belief in what others dismissed, played a powerful role in bringing new ideas into public view. Names like Paul Guillaume, Paul Durand-Ruel, Ambroise Vollard, Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler, Heinz Berggruen, and Peggy Guggenheim may not hang in museums, but their choices fill them. They didn\u2019t just move paintings \u2014 they championed visions. They placed bets on what was often dismissed or mocked, standing by artists who were struggling to gain any recognition at all. Without their backing, it's not far-fetched to imagine that Amedeo Modigliani, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul C\u00e9zanne, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Vasilij Kandinsky, and Paul Klee might have remained obscure footnotes in the margins of art history books, their influence barely registered...<\/p>\r\n

And in our time, which brilliant minds are quietly being showcased in galleries, still waiting to be truly seen and acknowledged? \u201cIs his true fame? Posterity \/ The arduous verdict will declare\u201d would say a 19th-century Italian novelist, Alessandro Manzoni, as a reminder of how hard it is to spot the names that will endure, especially when we ourselves are shaped by the limits of our own time and our collective habits. Still, earlier in April this year, Paris offered a rare moment to get closer to that challenge: from April 3 to 6, the Grand Palais\u2014freshly restored and glowing under its glass and steel vaults\u2014hosted the 27th edition of Art Paris. With 170 gallerists from 25 countries, all brought together under the theme of figurative painting, the fair carried the title Immortelle. Un regard sur la peinture figurative en France<\/em>. The galleries featured on this occasion offer in this way a journey through figurative art that gives space to local voices\u201460 percent of the exhibitors are French\u2014but also places them alongside a wide-ranging international selection, spanning continents and opening doors to a variety of cultures and artistic languages. In this way, this event opens a window into both established forces and rising names, with attention paid not just to long-standing galleries but also newer ones, pushing fresh artists into the spotlight. And these will be the focus in this article, with the hope not so much of identifying, but perhaps glimpsing some of the themes and talents that animate our epoch...<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Figure 1 Photography by Marc Domage. Courtesy of Art Paris<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 2 Photography by Marc Domage. Courtesy of Art Paris<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 3 Photography by Marc Domage. Courtesy of Art Paris<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Our itinerary can begin in Guatemala, represented here by La Galer\u00eda Rebelde. Founded in 2019 by Jimena de Tezanos, the gallery\u2019s mission is to promote South American art, both within the Latin American community and beyond. On display is the Umbral<\/em> series by Costa Rican artist Luciano Goizueta, which centers on the idea of the threshold\u2014a concept that captures the shifting nature of time and space. \u201cWith Umbral<\/em>, I try to express a transitional zone,\u201d Goizueta explains in an interview given for ADF \u201cI wanted to give form to an umbral del tiempo<\/em>, seen through sudden shifts in light that change moment to moment, speeding up or slowing down depending on how we perceive them; or an umbral de la distancia<\/em>, marked by the kilometers that give the works their titles and reflect the physical distance between me and the place each painting refers to \u2026\u201d. In Goizueta\u2019s works, the scenes, though deeply rooted in the artist\u2019s personal experience, are unmistakably urban, and in that sense connected to a collective dimension, seen as an aggregation of many distinct individualities. The threshold, then, becomes a symbol of constant transition: between time and space, between the singular and the plural, between what sets us apart and what brings us together...<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Figure 4 La Galer\u00eda Rebelde - Luciano Goizueta - 1242km II B<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 5 La Galer\u00eda Rebelde - Luciano Goizueta - 5643KM II<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 6 La Galer\u00eda Rebelde - Luciano Goizueta - 5643km<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 7 La Galer\u00eda Rebelde - Luciano Goizueta - NOCTURNO XXVIII<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Wandering along the upper balcony, where the \u201cyoung promises\u201d galleries are gathered, we later come across Cutury Gallery\u2014founded in 2019 in Singapore with the goal of showcasing the emerging artistic voices of the country. The artist presented by Cutury in Paris is Israfil Ridhwan, whose works are rich in autobiographical symbolism and marked by vivid, intimate colors. His pieces speak to themes of love, loss, and homosexual eros<\/em>\u2014all deeply and personally lived by the artist, resonating to figures such as Frida Kahlo, or David Bowie...<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Figure 8 Cuturi Gallery - Israfil Ridhwan - Glaring Eyes<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 9 Cuturi Gallery - Israfil Ridhwan - Last Touch<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 10 Cuturi Gallery - Israfil Ridhwan - The Lullaby of Rain<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 11 Cuturi Gallery - Israfil Ridhwan - This Time I'll Leave First<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Of particular interest to readers in Japan is then Kanda & Oliveira, a gallery located in Nishi-Funabashi, near Tokyo and founded in 2022 by Yusuke Kanda, a Japanese collector of both ancient and contemporary art, and Christele de Oliveira, a French national with a deep interest in multicultural exchange\u2014particularly in Japan and its ceramic traditions. The gallery aims to serve as a bridge between two cultures, the French and the Japanese, \u201cwhich may seem to be opposites, especially in terms of communication, but at the same time have much in common... we aim to build a bridge between these two worlds!\u201d as Yusuke Kanda shared in an interview with ADF Magazine. The works chosen for Art Paris reflect this cross-cultural dialogue, notably those by Yozo Ukita, a master of the Gutai school, whose approach is to \u201cnot transform, not falsify, but to give life to matter,\u201d creating art that \u201cshakes hands with the human spirit, while remaining in rivalry with it [...] in a cycle of life that emits bombastic screams.\u201d Alongside Ukita, Natsuko Sakamoto presents her vibrant polychrome works, which allude to the creation of \u201ca world that does not yet exist\u201d \u2014 perhaps, we might add, that of universal cultural harmony...<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Figure 12 Natsuko Sakamoto [+] Sixth sense (Quantum Letters), 2025. Courtesy of Kanda & Oliveira<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 13 Natsuko Sakamoto [+] Smell (Fragrance between Analog and Digital), 2025. Courtesy of Kanda & Oliveira<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 14 Yozo Ukita Square, Square, Square (A Work of 15 Years), 1985. Courtesy of Kanda & Oliveira<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 15 Natsuko Sakamoto, Sight (Slope of Starry Sky), 2025<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Also focused on Japan is Wamono Art Gallery, founded in 2021 by three Japanese collectors in Hong Kong with the goal of actively collaborating with Japanese artists and promoting their work beyond the archipelago, reaching wider audiences across Asia and beyond. \u201cWe are particularly interested in young Japanese artists who stand out for their originality, both in ideas and concepts as well as techniques. For example, we are drawn to artists who explore traditional materials like bamboo,\u201d said founder Karen Yoneyama in an interview with ADF. \u201cOur aim is to challenge and question our tastes\u2014whether they are French or Japanese\u2014and, at the same time, introduce our<\/em> own vision.\u201d In line with this project are works by artists like Kei Hasegawa, who seeks to shape his cognitive and emotional experiences through the manipulation and weaving of bamboo strips, and Shiori Kaneko, who, like Hasegawa, is captivated by the materiality of the artistic process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Figure 16 wamono art - Kei Hasegawa - The Gaze II<\/p><\/div>

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Figure 17 wamono art - Kei Hasegawa - Untitled<\/p><\/div>

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Figura 1 wamono art - Shiori Kaneko - SIGNA - Ku<\/p><\/div>

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Figura 2 wamono art - Shiori Kaneko - SIGNA - Resonance<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Finally, turning back to the European continent, the Umrian Gallery, founded by Tomas Umrian in Bratislava, presents a fascinating showcase: featured here is Lucia Tallov\u00e1, a Slovakian artist who, by blending different artistic mediums\u2014collage, painting, and physical objects\u2014creates an intimate and sophisticated world. Her work explores themes such as memory or the role of women in contemporary society...<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Figura 3 Tomas Umrian Contemporary - Lucia Tallova - UNSTABLE MOMUENTS<\/p><\/div>

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Figura 4 Tomas Umrian Contemporary - Lucia Tallova - UNSTABLE MOMUENTS<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

The exhibition, of course, includes many other galleries: Galeria Marc Dom\u00e8nech, Galerie Zlotowski, Templon, Mennour, Almine Rech, Loevenbruck, Galleria Continua, and even the porcelain manufactures of S\u00e8vres are just a few names that punctuate this artistic journey. Leaving the Grand Palais, anyways, one might feel sated by the sheer abundance of forms, colors, and spaces, as though the artistic diversity of the world had been crystallized into a single, magnificent space.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Figure 18 Photography by Marc Domage. Courtesy of Art Paris<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

And who knows, perhaps among the works of these young artists, one may have already caught a glimpse of a talent destined to reshape history\u2014just as Van Gogh once did. In this vast array of creations, perhaps the future of art is already hidden!<\/p><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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