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Almine Rech

Alexandre Lenoir Visages Paysages

Sep 23 — Oct 29, 2022 | Shanghai

For the safety of our visitors and staff, masks must be worn by all visitors upon entrance, and negative PCR test result within 72 hours is required while entering. Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com The gallery is open from 11 am until 7 pm.

Almine Rech Shanghai is pleased to present Alexandre Lenoir's fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, also his first solo show in China. The show will be on view from September 23 to October 29, 2022.

Most vivid is the smell, the volatile emanation of the moist tropical air, ascending amidst webs of exuberant vegetation. Confronting Alexandre Lenoir’s paintings is almost a ‘molecular affair’.[1] However, the activation of the olfactory through the visual, a quasi-synesthetic experience does not always occur in every ‘good’ picture depicting a tropical landscape. What’s at play here is not merely the imagery but also the materiality, embodied in the rugged terrain of the pictorial surface, through an impressively laborious and lengthy process in the artist’s studio.

[1] Brodsky, Joseph. Watermark. The Noonday Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993.

— Damien Zhang, Director of Aranya Art Center

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Selected artworks

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Orbe, 2021

    Alexandre Lenoir Orbe, 2021

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    315 x 450 cm
    124 1/2 x 177 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Ange, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Ange, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    227 x 291 cm
    89 1/4 x 114 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Deux Grands Pères, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Deux Grands Pères, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    129 x 129 cm
    50 3/4 x 50 3/4 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Reflet, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Reflet, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    285 x 197 cm
    112 1/2 x 77 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Lumière, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Lumière, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    283 x 207 cm
    111 1/2 x 81 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Grande Soeur, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Grande Soeur, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    75 x 54 cm
    29 1/2 x 21 1/4 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Petite Fille, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Petite Fille, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    131 x 102 cm
    51 1/2 x 40 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Primaire, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Primaire, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    178 x 241.5 cm
    70 1/4 x 95 1/4 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Volcan, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Volcan, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    71 x 56 cm
    28 x 22 1/4 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir,                                      Etoile, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Etoile, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    266 x 200 cm
    104 1/2 x 78 1/2 in