The zeugme (or zeugma) is a figure of speech that associates two words with completely different meanings to a third, as in the famous “Dressed in simple probity and white linen” extract from Boaz asleep a poem by Victor Hugo. Stéphane Modena and Mathias Le Forestier draw on a form of zeugme, and explore a parallel applied to painting, a work with four hands.
The adventure began simply enough, Stéphane Modena offering a photographic work based on parts of the body, particularly the hands, and Mathias Le Forestier producing in paint a work on the body and the hands.
Following a conversation, each confided a love of the other’s work… and after having mixed words and impressions, they decided to blend their artistic sensitivities under the influence of Alexandra Guyot Le Forestier.
Black background Photographies to better make the body and the sometimes lost gestures appear…Cutter’s blow , pencil and paint to reveal the gesture’s drama or the beauty of it. Blended gestures and movements , human expressions photographed and highlighted with paintbrushes. Photography and painting, two kinds of artistic expression brought together in one exhibition. A sensitive work, a fragile body, the body.
Stéphane Modena & Mathias Le Forestier, Zeugme
From 16th February to 1st April 2017
Photoloft
115 avenue Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah
8th Floor, Appt. N° 32, Quartier Iberia
90 000 Tangier
Morocco
