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Midegbeyan Ojisua: Au commencement

Forthcoming exhibition
7 October - 14 November 2026
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Midegbeyan Ojisua, Au commencement
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"Dans mes tableaux, il existe un lien profond entre l'homme et la terre. Les émotions et les expressions des personnages que je représente nous rappellent que nous venions du même endroit." - Midegbeyan Ojisua

 

"There is a great relationship between man and earth in my paintings. Emotions and expressions of the figures I represent remind us that we all come from the same place".

- Midegbeyan Ojisua

Au commencement présente un ensemble de peintures de Midegbeyan Ojisua, dont le titre fait référence à la Genèse et à l’idée d’une origine commune. Cette notion de commencement résonne dans le travail de l’artiste nigérian, où la terre occupe une place centrale. Par sa texture, sa matière et ses nuances, elle devient le point de départ de ses compositions, faisant émerger des figures comme si elles prenaient vie sous nos yeux.

Inspiré par la peinture de la Renaissance italienne, Midegbeyan Ojisua compose des portraits de personnages évanescents, des scènes de vie immobiles et des natures mortes généreuses, qui évoquent la douceur de moments surannés. Entre esquisse et matière, ses peintures jouent sur les contrastes et créent des espaces suspendus, où la lumière atmosphérique contribue à installer une temporalité hors du temps. Ses œuvres invitent ainsi à un état de contemplation, parfois mélancolique ou rêveur, où le songe s’installe et l’esprit voyage.

 

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“In the Beginning” presents a series of paintings by Midegbeyan Ojisua, whose title refers to Genesis and the idea of a common origin. This notion of a beginning resonates in the Nigerian artist’s work, in which the earth plays a central role. Through its texture, material, and nuances, earth becomes the starting point for his compositions, bringing forth figures as if they were coming to life before our eyes.
 
Inspired by Italian Renaissance painting, Midegbeyan Ojisua creates portraits of ethereal figures, still lifes of everyday life, and lavish still lifes that evoke the gentleness of bygone moments. Somewhere between sketch and material, his paintings play on contrasts and create suspended spaces, where atmospheric light helps establish a timeless quality. His works thus invite the viewer into a state of contemplation—sometimes melancholic or dreamlike—where reverie takes hold and the mind wanders.
 
 
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