The RATP and Fondation Cartier are partnering to propose a series of artistic projects in the Galerie Valois. Since 2022, for a commission by the Fondation Cartier, Yann Kebbi has been making drawings of the construction site of its future premises on the Place du Palais Royal, designed by the architect Jean Nouvel.

Since 2022, for a commission by the Fondation Cartier, Yann Kebbi has been making drawings of the construction site of its future premises on the Place du Palais Royal, designed by the architect Jean Nouvel.

The drawings in this series make the invisible aspects of a construction project visible – particularly the women and men at work, dissimulated behind machinery and scaffolding. They depict scenes of life, and perspectives on how people move and exist within exhibition space. “In translating the subjects – spaces, works, audiences – into my own visual language, with my techniques and micro-narratives, in my drawings, I am seeking balance between precision and movement, profusion and radicality,” he explains.