Imaginary Japans



9
October
18
75012 , PARIS
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Opening hours: Weekdays from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Japans imagined
Following their stay in Japan, Sophie Hanagarth, Brune Boyer, and Graziella Antonini came together to share the images of their respective visions of Japan. This exhibition offers an opportunity to share the imagination that this country evokes in each of them. Sophie Hanagarth and Brune Boyer both employ technical processes that generate forms and symbols; Graziella Antonini, on the other hand, captures images that bear witness to the coexistence of two worlds that intertwine and influence one another. Here, they present an installation that connects their experiments, reflections of their striking discoveries within Japanese culture—past and present, popular or more scholarly. Jewelry, objects, and images from their journey are brought together to share their perspectives on this country where mastery and letting go intertwine. In this way, they aim to construct a narrative that reflects their vision of the “ah! side of things.”
Artists
Graziella Antonini (CH) is a photographer and visual artist. She holds a degree in photography from the CEPV in Vevey, a degree from the ENSA in Paris-Cergy, and a degree in Mycology—Practical Approach to Macromycetes—from the University of Lille.
Graziella Antonini seeks to highlight the feeling of being elsewhere, where reality no longer differs from illusion and where deceptive appearances awaken our desire for the imaginary. For her, photography is about being physically present in one place while being elsewhere in thought. Whether real or fictional, journeys—like memories and dreams—blend together to form a universe of multiple geographies, where different worlds intersect.
Brune Boyer is a jewelry artist. Since 1990, she has participated in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad. Her creations are included in the collections of UCAD, Fnac, the Danner Foundation in Munich, and the Swiss National Museum in Zurich.
Brune Boyer is deeply attuned to the world around her and its concerns. Her latest work has focused on the desire to share sensations; her jewelry encourages people to slow down by offering a moment of pause. In this way, her pieces are also invitations to take care of oneself.
In addition, she completed a doctoral dissertation in anthropology titled The Making of Contemporary Jewelry: An Ethnography of Workshops.
Sophie Hanagarth (CH) is a Paris-based jewelry artist and visual artist who has taught at the jewelry workshop of the Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin (HEAR) in Strasbourg since 2002. Sophie Hanagarth creates a repertoire of ambiguous objects in which the shaping of materials and their relationship to the body raise questions about the nature of jewelry as an accessory. The originality of her work lies in an approach that is both sensual and subversive, expressed through metalworking techniques.




























