From the infinite cosmos to narrow caverns, Esther Hoareau explores the possibilities and the impossible of the landscape. The theme is classic, and yet, the artist transcends naturalist representations in favor of a surrealism in the historical sense of André Breton's 1924 manifesto: "dictation of thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason , apart from any aesthetic or moral concern.” Territories of the sensitive, invented landscapes, experienced oddities, Esther Hoareau's pantheon does not involve anthropomorphic deities. It springs from intimate spaces, mental landscapes.

Ambivalent, the works presented in Cosmologie de l'intime present intense images to the viewer, while inviting them to give free rein to their own imagination. Esther Hoareau's compositions are propositions. By making manufactured images available, it opens an unexpected door to let us in turn create our personal imagery.

The exhibition, also built around the sirandanes of Francky Lauret, articulates Creole around the photographs of Esther Hoareau. This poetic language plays and invites the public to become the real actor of their own visit. Through a play of parallels, the feeling of immersion induced by the works of Esther Hoareau also structures the experience of the visit offered by the words of Francky Lauret.

Zistoir fonn lunivèr – Cosmology of the intimate Esther Hoareau

Exhibition visible at the University Library on the Tampon Campus

From Monday September 11, 2023 to Friday February 2, 2024

Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 18:30 pm

Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

An exhibition by FRAC Réunion

A proposal from Anna Vrinat - With the collaboration of Francky Lauret

Every star that shines is a rumored star. Golden music of the heavens made with their silence; And every fixed star is the moving star.[1]

Anna Vrinat [1] Extract from the poem Immensité (V. 8-10), The doctrine of love (1881), Germain Nouveau (1851-1920). Editions Gallimard, Paris, 1981.