

Karine Rougier: Jardin des Souffles
WHO
Karine Rougier
WHAT
The Malta-born Marseille-based artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery is a diverse presentation of works: tempera paintings on resins (from wreck fragments found in the Mediterranean Sea), drawings on handmade paper, a wall installation, and a bronze sculpture. Inspired by the beauty of the earth, vegetation, its underwater wanderings, but also by poetry, the artist explores the links between the human, natural, and spiritual worlds.
WHY
The artist offers a dream-like and hopeful body of works, a metaphor of forces that unite and to heal our world. She invites us to contemplate a universe where the living is celebrated in all its forms. The paintings and drawings are profoundly symbolic, weaving in imageries of humans, animals, as well as minerals and plants.