All images Courtesy by the artist and Marcelle Alix
Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc devotes his focus to the cultural hegemonies upon which the evolution of contemporary societies is based. Many objects constitute a collective memory in which the universal principle has been tested for more than a century ago. Each of these elements needs to be constantly renegotiated in order to discover contemporary conflicts, vis-à-vis the construction of an identity, a community, a nation, and allow for the time to reinvent artistic and political action.
7 contracts, for M.A, 2013
3 bronze sculptures, 7 contracts
dimensions variable
photos: Serge Hasenböhler
© Kunsthalle Basel, 2013 exhibition view, 2013
Evil Nigger, Gay Guerrilla, Crazy Nigger, for Julius Eastman, 2012 / 2013
4 grand pianos, music scores
variable dimensions
photos: Serge Hasenböhler
© Kunsthalle Basel, 2013 exhibition view, 2013
sans titre 6 (où que vous tourniez c'est la désolation, mais vous tournez pourtant), 2011
graphite on paper
75x105 cm
photo: Aurélien Mole / exhibition view, La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel (F), 2012
Forever without you (head), 2015
plaster cast
human dimensions
Exhibition view 'Personne et les autres', 2015, 56th Venice Biennale - Belgian Pavillion, IT
7 contracts, for M.A, 2013
3 bronze sculptures, 7 contracts
dimensions variable
photos: Serge Hasenböhler
© Kunsthalle Basel, 2013 exhibition view, 2013
Un second morceau de chair arrachée aux os des envahisseurs, 2018
Native american bone flute, natron
Variable dimensions
exhibition view Photo: Aurelien Mole, Courtesy, Marcelle Alix.
Forever without you (leg), 2015
plaster cast, wooden crate crate
131 x 70 x 59 cm
Exhibition view 'Statement - Art Basel', 2015
Photo: Aurelien Mole, Courtesy, Marcelle Alix.
Le veilleur de nuit, pour Wilson Harris (1), 2018
turtle shell, gallium
70 x 58 cm
exhibition view: Le palais du Paon, Rochechouart, FR, 2018
Photo: Aurelien Mole, Courtesy, Marcelle Alix.
