PAST EXHIBITIONS

The First Season of Hakanto Contemporary
14 September 2024 – 13 April 2025

Curated by
Joël Andrianomearisoa
Rina Ralay-Ranaivo

Hakanto Contemporary
ZFI · Ankadimbahoaka
Antananarivo · Madagascar

ONE SEASON, ONE THEME
This opening marks an opportunity for Hakanto Contemporary to introduce the new structure of its artistic programme.
Each season offers the public four types of exhibitions, presented in parallel and united by a shared theme:
THE MAIN EXHIBITION, addressing the chosen theme through major monographic or large-scale group exhibitions;
THE DISCOVERY / REDISCOVERY SPACE, dedicated to the work of a historical or contemporary artist;
THE COLLECTION SPACE, presenting a selection of works from the Hasnaine Yavarhoussen Collection, in dialogue with the season’s theme;
BEYOND BORDERS, showcasing an international artist or project, emerging or established, beyond the conventional art world.

HISTOIRES DE FAMILLE
After four years of presence here in Antananarivo,
Hakanto Contemporary now unfolds on this new terrain, reaffirming our commitment to Madagascar — and above all, to artists.
A new setting, allowing greater space for emotion despite uncertain times.
A larger space, enabling artists to express their desires and convictions.
As part of this expansion, we are also inaugurating new approaches:
the creation of Hakanto Studio, a dedicated space for workshops;
an area devoted to conversations, Resaka Hakanto;
a new Hakanto Shop;
Hakanto Contemporary also becomes a publisher through Hakanto Edition;
and above all, a new programme structured in the form of seasons.

The inaugural season, HISTOIRES DE FAMILLE, unfolded through six exhibitions with diverse tones and voices:
THE GRIEF, a sound exhibition by Aude Onivola Rajaona, in which she summons family memories, from a birthday celebration to a fara-veloma (final farewell).
LE CORPS DES VOLANTS À SIX ÉTAGES, the first monographic exhibition in Madagascar by Jessy Razafimandimby, transporting us through his multiple visions — fianakaviana fendrofendro sa ve ampinga paradisa ? (are family ties fragmented, or the first bulwark of personal fulfilment?).
AVEC ELLES, the first solo exhibition by Alexandre Gourçon, drawing on the legacy of his two grandmothers, and above all on local asa tanana (craftsmanship).
MOTHER, a conversation between Asma Ben Aissa and Elie Ramanankavana, reflecting on the figure of the mother — Mama a!
THIS IS MY HOME, a selection of works from the Yavarhoussen Collection: an intimate and imaginary vocabulary of a house without geography, except that of lightness.
And to conclude, JOELY SY ANDY, an unprecedented dialogue between Andy Warhol and Joely, our Malagasy spokesperson of the contemporary moment.

An inaugural cycle that questions the notion of family —
as a life force and a source of inspiration,
but at times also as a weight in the expansion of being.
May Hakanto Contemporary continue to breathe upon our hearts,
and above all, into our present time.

Joël Andrianomearisoa
Hasnaine Yavarhoussen
2024