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Almine Rech

Les Bucoliques Allégories du vivant

From April 6 to September 22, 2024, Keramis brings together around fifteen artists who mobilize nature to evoke contemporary concerns. 

The title of the exhibition is borrowed from the collection The Bucolics, written by the Latin poet Virgil (70-19 BC) between 42 and 37 BC. Through scenes from the life of a shepherd, he indirectly evokes the political situation of his time and transposes idyllic Arcadia into his native Roman countryside. It is also a nod to pastoral poetry, a literary genre in its own right known since antiquity having inspired porcelain in the 18th century.
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