Artists

Younes Baba-Ali, Lucile Bertrand, Cathryn Boch, Michèle Magema

Press release

The exhibition ‘Diffracted Self’ prompts a reflection on the stakes brought about by memory, identity, and exposure in a world stained by conflicts. In the face of these troubling realities, our understanding of the world often seems to be diffracted, as if we were the witnesses of intertwining historic and contemporary resonances.

Four artists explore this complex theme each in their own way, highlighting the memory of people rendered invisible by unresolved geopolitical conflicts. The works of Lucile Bertrand, Michèle Magema, Cathryn Boch and Younes Baba-Ali make us question our relationship to history and to the Other, all the while reminding us of the importance to give visibility to what often remains in the shadows.