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Abderrahmane Cheref: Stranded relic, black egg as a witness from the depths
Culture · Saturday, October 24 · 15:00 · Nantes
1-4 Square Mathurin Meheut, Nantes
Free
Through clay imprints, burnt wood or cast metal, Abderrahmane Cheref experiments gestures that evoke the fossilization of matter. Mermaid pouches punctuate the installation – these black keratin eggs, stranded on the shore after sheltering ray embryos. Sometimes imagined in the darkness of the abyss, near heat sources, sometimes in the faint depths bathed in light, they take refuge here near a ceramic basin conducive to the emergence of life.\nThe exhibition follows a research residency supported by the ceramicist …
