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Julien Segard

JULIEN SEGARD

Dark was the Night Experimenter 29 September–11 November 2023 Hindustan Road, Kolkata
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Julien Segard’s series Dark Was The Night creates a dialogue between the visceral and the peripheral, vacuity and mass. The body of work immerses the viewer in the minuteness of their elements while simultaneously operating as the entry points into vast infinite spaces. Through drawings made with charcoal and dust on coloured fabric, depicting white phosphorus explosions frozen in time, Segard offers a lens into a hazy apocalyptic backdrop by evoking a constant tension and traces of the imperceptible. The works also refer to Segard’s interest in the night, the infinite stars and celestial bodies – their presence and absence, and their creation and obliteration – revealed through trails of iridescent flames spiralling and cutting through the impenetrable darkness, evoking a sensation of a dramatic cosmos. Segard explores the characteristic paradoxes in the field of view and delves into how our bodies and minds navigate the two contrasting planes by juxtaposing the familiar interior with the unknown limitless exterior.

Julien Segard (b. 1980 in Marseille, France) lives and works in Goa, India. Education: 2004 – 2008 Master of Arts, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; 2002 – 2004 Bachelor of Arts, University of Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France; 1999 – 2002 Graphic Design Diploma, Lycée Saint Joseph les Maristes, Marseille, France. Solo Exhibitions: 2021 A View From Nowhere, Experimenter, Kolkata; 2020 Dark Was The Night, Experimenter, Kolkata; 2019 A Second Coming, Experimenter, Kolkata; 2015 Anywhere But Here, Experimenter, Kolkata; and with Birla Academy at India Art Fair, New Delhi; 2012 Kuwait, Partapur, Rajasthan, India; Between the shelter and the temple, The Rose project space, New Delhi; 2010 Peregrinations, Ilan Engel, Paris. Group Exhibitions: 2023 Eyes of the Skin, Experimenter, Mumbai; 2019 Searching for Stars Amongst the Crescents, Experimenter, Kolkata; Sex toys for collectors, New Delhi; 2018 I Wish to Let You Fall Out of My Hands (Chapter II), Experimenter; Art Dubai, Experimenter, Dubai; India Art Fair, Experimenter, New Delhi; Sensorium, Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts, Goa, India; 2017 India Art Fair, Experimenter, New Delhi; Art Basel, Experimenter, Hong Kong; Art Dubai, Experimenter, Dubai; 2016 India Art Fair, New Delhi; Art Dubai, Experimenter, Dubai; Raster – Emerging from the Grid, Experimenter, Kolkata; 2014 Urban Utopia, Birla Academy, Kolkata; 2013 Lateral, Kona, New Delhi; Dessins contemporains, PHAKT, Rennes, France; W113, New Delhi; 2012 Subliminal Metropolis, Latitude 28, New Delhi; Sarai Reader, Devi Art Foundation, Gurugram, India; 2011 Open Studio #02, W113, New Delhi; Open Studio #01, W113, New Delhi; 2010 Jardin ephemere, Saint-Ouen, France; School of Arts, Fine Arts School, Dresden, Germany; Lignes de chance, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris.

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Experimenter was co-founded by Prateek & Priyanka Raja in 2009. With a multidisciplinary approach, the gallery is an incubator for an ambitious and challenging contemporary practice. The program represents some of the most critical contemporary artists worldwide. Considered to be a ‘pace-setter’ for its region, the program extends from exhibition-making, to knowledge creation, through regular talks, performances, workshops and most importantly, through it’s much acclaimed, annual curatorial intensive, Experimenter Curators’ Hub. In 2016, its artist-book publishing wing, Experimenter Books was launched. Experimenter’s program is rooted in dialogue and dissent. In 2018, the Experimenter Learning Program (ELP) was launched. ELP enables discussion, debate and learning in fields of contemporary and performing arts, curatorship, film, writing, language and social culture. In 2019, Experimenter Outpost an iterative exhibitions program outside the physical gallery where an extension of the program temporarily inhabits disused, characterful spaces was launched. In 2020, Experimenter Labs, an inclusive, experimental, online platform in addition to the onsite gallery programming was launched.

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2/1 Hindusthan Road
Dover Terrace
Ballygunge
Kolkata
India
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Kolkata 2/1 Hindusthan Road, Dover Terrace
Experimenter contemporary art gallery in Hindustan Road Kolkata India
Experimenter
2/1 Hindusthan Road, Dover Terrace, Ballygunge, Kolkata, India
+91 33 46026457‬
https://experimenter.in

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10.30 am - 6.30 pm | Tuesday–Saturday
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