PAST EXHIBITIONS
A Group Exhibition
6 January – 20 April 2024
Curated by
Joël Andrianomearisoa
Hakanto Contemporary
Alhambra Gallery · Ankadimbahoaka
Antananarivo · Madagascar
Reveries with the Taste of Earth
Tena manembona izany tsiron’ny tany izany aho.
Ary tena mamy izany akora vokatrin’ny tany izany!
Let us bring our voices together around the Earth — the Earth as mother, the Earth as homeland, the Earth as earth. Let taste become a universal principle for conversation.
The taste of my land, motherland, our land — like a dream.
LA NOUVELLE TERRE (The New Earth). A conversational exhibition centred on the notion of Patriotic Land and Ecological Land. A proposition shaped in close collaboration with five artists — young in age, yet powerful in their commitments: Amir Juvara Andrianalitiana (Amir.J) · Joëlle Aresoa (Joey Aresoa) · Aina Jo Harimanjato (Jo Aina) · Richianny Raherinjatovo (Richianny Ratovo) · Mbolatiana Raoilison (Clipse Teean).
Patriotic Land, Ecological Land.
Difficult to separate these two notions — so let us sway within the in-between. A land we mould to shape the pottery of the future. A land torn between affection and desolation. A land pulled towards modernity, yet surviving in the fragility of the present. A land that cries out in pain, yet perhaps sketches the birth of a new day. Yes, we must care for our (native) land — but how? With which tools? And how, when the world itself is sometimes no more than an illusion?
It is within this wave of uncertainty that the invited artists position their gazes and their works.
Uncertainty, yet unwavering conviction — for the truth of the land resides in their hearts, in the intimacy of their souls and in the making of their works.
From daylight water to nightfall light. Richianny Raherinjatovo leads us through a delicate and disorienting labyrinth. She transports us into a world of illusion, between the earth of the maternal womb and the formidable underground of the storm — yet always, at the end, light; always, hope. Painting scratches the glass, and attitude defies the moods.
Earth, when you hold us. Joëlle Aresoa invites us into the memory of her native land, extending towards newly imagined geographies. With her voice, she carries us into an emotional musicality between the hiakan’ny tany (the cries of the land) and her memories. Upon a table unfolds the cartographic inventory of her own existence.
Fire Party. Driven by a multitude of desires, Aina Jo Harimanjato is an artist of fire, igniting us through the pulsating rhythm of his productions. Videos, sounds, performances, garments, painting — the list is long. Here and now, he chooses to move his entire home into the exhibition space, sharing his most intimate vision of patriotism. In this house, the party never ends… and our land becomes a real dancefloor.
Kilalao Mainty, or the Black Game. Amir Juvara Andrianalitiana presents, for the first time, a new installation in which deep, sombre black — yet always joyful — emerges as a glimmer of ecological hope. Charred wood reveals luminous green, while on the walls his hand traces lines of life. Yes — we are very much alive!
Gone with the Wind. “To seek the thing” — such is the guiding principle of Mbolatiana Raoilison’s proposition. Between walls, between skies, between the land, she invites us to capture the elusive wind that blows across the terrain of all our emotions. Trompe-l’œil or illusion? We are the solution.
In a humble and sincere tone, these five artists offer us their visions of the Earth.
A playground that remains an enigma — but one certainty remains: we must care for it.
With gentleness. With attention. With tenderness.
Joël Andrianomearisoa
Rina Ralay-Ranaivo
2024
