Du 31/01/2026 au 08/02/2026
With: Juli About, Céline Achour, Eric Acostachioaei, Isabelle Aguera, Théophile Arcelin, Adriana Balazova, Sarah Barthe, Nicolas Bernière, Anne Bertoin, Nathalie Bibougou, Morgan Bisoux, Régina Blaim, Ana Bloom, Sasha C. Bokobza, Eric Bottero, Aurélie Brame, Noémie Brancard, Anne Brenner, Marie Cagnasso, Olga Caldas, Ludovic Cantais, John Carrid, Côme Cathalaa, Jacques Cauda, Elsa Cha, Amel Chaggour, Claire Chalet, Benoit Chapon, Zoë Chiar, Tamara Chkhikvadze, Eric Citerne, Maria Clark, ML Colrat, Adrien Conrad, Céline Cornillaux, Sébastien Crosnier, Ariane Crozet, Ayako David Kawauchi, Daphné Dejay, Harold Denneulin, Michel Devoisin Lagarde, Laure Djourado, Elise Doss, Alain Duchesne, Irina Eliashvili, Céline Excoffon, Dominique Forest, Sarah Fouquet, Aurélie Galois, Justine Gasquet, Cécile Gonneau, Fariba Gorijian, Magali Goubert, Clémentine Gouin, Julien Griffaud, Aurélia Gritte, Guacolda, Florence Guillemot Vilain, Jb Hanak, Larisa Hancu, Ewa Held, Nicolas Hell, Eléonore Janny, Joko, Michaël Jourdet, Katia Kameneva, Hana Kanehisa, Laurie Karp, Lucie Kerouedan, Khriska, Katarina Kudelova, Edith Landau, Cassandre Lepicard, Chloé Lethbridge, Quentin Liu, Sophie Lormeau, Paquita Loup, Anna March, Mark Peintre, Brigitte Masquelier, Marine Médal, Hélène Milakis, Hope Mokded, Laure Molina, Géraud Mordin, Pascale Morel, Ricardo Mosner, Hélène Mougin, Julie Navarro, Piet.sO, Frédéric Pompeani, Vincent Puren, Jeanne Rimbert, Stella Rinke, Daniela Roman, Sarah Roshem, Sophie Saintrapt, Mariko Saito, Patricia Salen, Clotilde Salmon, Delphine Sandoz, Alice Sfintesco, Simone, Marilda Simonidhi, Rose Slavy, Marianne Smolska, Bettina Sultan, Anne-Claire Thevenot, Albertine Trichon, Julia Tsapurak, Céline Turlotte,
One rarely recovers from death; it arrives at ungodly hours, dragging life by the feet. Working on the
Death is about assessing one's own chances and those of others, and representing them through images, evoking invisible connections.
between life and death. In this salon, CV, nationality, social origins, gender, and age have no place.
importance; art, like death, love and eroticism, doesn't care about any of these notions.
The exhibition's title, Mandrakes, refers to this plant with its powerful mythology. The plant is toxic,
It causes hallucinations, but it is also an aphrodisiac. Its root is anthropomorphic; one finds there
It reveals entwined legs and lets out a deathly scream when one tries to uproot it. The mandrake grows under the
The seed of the hanged. Sought after, it is kept in a bottle and fulfills the desires of its possessor, but
we need to get rid of it before dying, under penalty of seeing the devil take his soul ownerthe English
They accused Joan of Arc of possessing one. Mandrakes are magical, like this salon in gallery 24b
which is located on the site of the former cemetery of the Church of Saint Roch. The works exhibited in
Mandrakes, if you look at them closely, have this astonishing characteristic of making contact with the dead, you
There you will find your loved ones and friends who left us too soon, victims of illness or the violence of our societies.
contemporary.
Laurent Quénéhen, commissioner of Mandragores.
Mandrakes – From 31 January to 8 February 2026
Galerie 24b, 24 bis rue Saint-Roch, 75001 Paris
Galerie 24b, 24 bis rue Saint-Roch, 75001 Paris
24 bis rue Saint-Roch, 75001 Paris
