Nous sommes partis à l’aube - Emmanuel Tussore
The exhibition
How can departure be represented? How can disappearance and displacement be captured while
preserving the unbreakable bond that united individuals and communities? This is the question
Emmanuel Tussore explores in his exhibition Nous sommes partis à l'aube (We left at dawn),
currently on display at the Blachère Foundation.
Separation implies a potential breaking of the bond, through movement and
distance. In the exhibition curated by the Blachère Foundation, the viewer becomes
a traveler in a social world structured by different boundaries, which emerge as
they progress through the exhibition. Through a play on orientation, the artist delimits the exhibition space
by hanging four compass roses that serve as landmarks and anchors for
human practices in space. It is through a thorny and floral association
of traditional plates that the artist reinvests the decorative aspect of the plate, often
used in this way in Western culture, in order to highlight its social and cultural dimension
specific to other cultures. This series of works highlights a
characteristic that is constantly present in Emmanuel Tussore's work: that of a
fragmentary, almost archaeological logic. While this process is already significant
in his in situ installation Rose des vents, in the Sahara Desert in 2023, it is subsequently
reiterated in the staging of a Toumai pirogue, designed in 2024. By appealing to
a deliberate archaism, already apparent in the title given to the work (Toumai being the name
of the oldest known hominin ancestor), E. Tussore invites the viewer to embark on
this installation and follow the movement initiated by the arrangement of the paddles,
which seem to move almost in empty space. The metaphor of anchoring, beyond
time, borders, and cultures, runs throughout the exhibition, and it is in La
Première Pierre (2022), a work with movements similar to those seen in Toumaï,
but this time with a piercing impression, where the desire to signify the pain and
difficulty of uprooting is palpable. Thus, beyond an artistic experience,
Emmanuelle Tussore invites the visitor into a true anthropological reflection. The places
are conceived as places of memory, passage, and departure; perceived as a
fertile ground for all human and social activities. Emmanuel Tussore combines highlighting
and emphasizing through an artistic practice suspended in space and time. The motifs
of separation are amplified, as are those that reinforce and leave a trace. Emmanuel
Tussore traces the development of the implicit and explicit boundaries of a world in
constant motion.
Léa AMADIO
preserving the unbreakable bond that united individuals and communities? This is the question
Emmanuel Tussore explores in his exhibition Nous sommes partis à l'aube (We left at dawn),
currently on display at the Blachère Foundation.
Separation implies a potential breaking of the bond, through movement and
distance. In the exhibition curated by the Blachère Foundation, the viewer becomes
a traveler in a social world structured by different boundaries, which emerge as
they progress through the exhibition. Through a play on orientation, the artist delimits the exhibition space
by hanging four compass roses that serve as landmarks and anchors for
human practices in space. It is through a thorny and floral association
of traditional plates that the artist reinvests the decorative aspect of the plate, often
used in this way in Western culture, in order to highlight its social and cultural dimension
specific to other cultures. This series of works highlights a
characteristic that is constantly present in Emmanuel Tussore's work: that of a
fragmentary, almost archaeological logic. While this process is already significant
in his in situ installation Rose des vents, in the Sahara Desert in 2023, it is subsequently
reiterated in the staging of a Toumai pirogue, designed in 2024. By appealing to
a deliberate archaism, already apparent in the title given to the work (Toumai being the name
of the oldest known hominin ancestor), E. Tussore invites the viewer to embark on
this installation and follow the movement initiated by the arrangement of the paddles,
which seem to move almost in empty space. The metaphor of anchoring, beyond
time, borders, and cultures, runs throughout the exhibition, and it is in La
Première Pierre (2022), a work with movements similar to those seen in Toumaï,
but this time with a piercing impression, where the desire to signify the pain and
difficulty of uprooting is palpable. Thus, beyond an artistic experience,
Emmanuelle Tussore invites the visitor into a true anthropological reflection. The places
are conceived as places of memory, passage, and departure; perceived as a
fertile ground for all human and social activities. Emmanuel Tussore combines highlighting
and emphasizing through an artistic practice suspended in space and time. The motifs
of separation are amplified, as are those that reinforce and leave a trace. Emmanuel
Tussore traces the development of the implicit and explicit boundaries of a world in
constant motion.
Léa AMADIO
When
16/10/2025 - 07/03/2026