Vernissage September 3, 2020 at 11AM
Exhibition Until October 10, 2020

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The exhibition Affinités Sélectives is a proposal by Michele Copercini, a collector who, at the invitation of Galerie Espace L, presents a unique selection of works by female artists. What interests us here is to present them and to understand, to better grasp what determined this choice.

The artists Niura Bellavinha (BR), Dadamaino (IT), Farnaz Damnabi (IR), Maki Na Kamura (J), Setsuko Nagasawa (J), and Vivianne van Singer (CH) each offer, in their own way, an approach that can be conceptual, poetic, or even existential.

What matters when choosing a work, and in the very desire to possess it, is its intrinsic quality, its strength, its inventive dimension—not necessarily spectacular, but insistent and unfolding—its capacity to surprise. Also important is its ability to situate itself within a story: the story of art, and the artist’s own story, their personal approach. One can discover in their work a way of making, handling, seeing, and grasping reality; here, the very process of creating the work is revealed to us.

Their practices occupy a unique place in art history:

Niura Bellavinha is a post-medium artist. She paints, photographs, films, and creates performances. Fluidity is a key aspect of her creative processes.

Dadamaino creates her own fictional alphabet, rich in meaning. Through her influences and encounters, she produces work that is both assertive and intense.

Farnaz Damnabi is the collector’s most recent discovery. She embodies gentleness, struggle, and the young woman who questions and challenges.

Maki Na Kamura creates fluid and dynamic works through the decomposition and reappropriation of guiding lines, combined with a free and vibrant touch.

Setsuko Nagasawa experiments with materials freely, without imposing personal limits, allowing a dialogue to emerge between the material and the artist.

Vivianne van Singer works with color in its most diverse aspects, giving her creations a form that is both poetic and conceptual. Here, she explores skies—skies to contemplate, clouds that form and dissolve, colors that are at once alluring and unsettling.

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