La Galerie du 19M Dakar
“Sur le fil: broderies et tissages”
Including: Arébénor Basséne & Alioune Diouf
January 12 - March 31, 2023
We are delighted to announce the selection of our artists Arébénor Basséne and Alioune Diouf are included in the travelling exhibition “Sur le fil : broderies et tissages” organised by Le19M at the Musée Théodore Monod (IFAN).
la Galerie du 19M Dakar presents Sur le fil, a programme dedicated to embroidery and weaving from 12 January to 31 March 2023. Creation, exhibition, transmission: le19M plays multiple roles. Working to preserve and share the art of fashion and decoration, this new venue founded by CHANEL is located between the 19th arrondissement of Paris and the Porte d’Aubervilliers. A veritable temple of craft excellence, le19M brings together under one roof eleven Maisons d’art, an embroidery school, the Maison ERES, and la Galerie du 19M, a multidisciplinary space open to the general public since January 2022.
Following the fashion show of the CHANEL Métiers d’art 2022/23 collection, presented on 6 December 2022 in Dakar, Senegal, le19M is taking a new step by launching its first international programme there. While the influence of Dakar is recognized on the international cultural and creative scene, the entire country of Senegal is replete with artisanal expertise, a heritage to which le19M is particularly sensitive. Thus, from Thursday 12 January 2023 and for several months, le19M is setting up an off-site gallery in Dakar with the help of the Institut fondamental d’Afrique noire (IFAN) on the site of the Musée Théodore Monod d’art africain.
Free and open to all, la Galerie du 19M Dakar celebrates the richness and diversity of embroidery and weaving. Entitled Sur le fil (On the thread), its programme is woven from the thread of a story that combines these two crafts with other artistic disciplines such as painting, photography, or installation, showcasing the creative wealth of Senegal and the humanistic values of its arts and crafts. Between contemporary creation and traditional savoir-faire, it consists of a collective exhibition, a programme of talks, events, and participative workshops.
In the exhibition, works and installations across different media, created by numerous contemporary artists working with textiles—some of them in collaboration with le19M’s Maisons d’art—are presented in dialogue with heritage pieces from the collections of the Musée Théodore Monod d’art africain. Alongside these exhibits, dozens of craftsmen are producing new works in situ, before the audience, and leading participatory workshops led by guest artists in residence.
The aim of la Galerie du 19M Dakar is to showcase priceless artisanal skills to the broadest possible audience, to reassert the value of handicrafts, to encourage their dissemination, and to spark vocations among the general public, schoolchildren, students, families, and lovers of craft.
The gallery’s programme was conceived by an editorial committee composed of Senegalese creative figures or experts of its artistic scene:
— the cultural programmer Riad Fakhri,
— the curator Olivia Marsaud,
— the curator El Hadji Malick Ndiaye,
— the designer and filmmaker Selly Raby Kane.
This committee is accompanied by artistic contributors:
— the graphic designer Audrey d’Erneville,
— the designer Bibi Seck,
— the architect Mamy Tall.