Mariane Ibrahim is happy to current The Lengthy Run, Clotilde Jiménez second solo exhibition on the gallery’s Parisian house till September 28, 2024. The Lengthy Run expands the artist’s explorations of motion, identification, group, and competitors, constructing upon earlier works, together with the Official Olympic Posters collection he created for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games.
Conventional narratives of competitors are challenged in works that foreground the significance of solidarity and shared experiences over particular person victories. As an artist working within the medium of collage, Jiménez forges bonds between disparate components, presenting them as a unified entire, mirroring the way in which athletes embody a fusion of group, nationality, household, and tradition. His figures, composed of interlaced gestures and expressions, converse to the interconnectedness of our journeys and the way people embody collective energy to beat limitations.
In La Danza del Listón, the characters options are intricately embedded, echoing Jiménez’s phrases, ‘I’m pondering so much a couple of group profitable, and never only a singular athlete, as lots of my figures are constructed with a large number of faces and gestures that construct the picture.’ By means of the brand new works that compose The Lengthy Run, the artist highlights the communal infrastructure of sports activities, which depends on cultural satisfaction, world connection and mutual assist.
The artist’s reflections on the Olympic Video games reveal a fair deeper narrative. The occasion serves as a celebration that additionally showcases societal dynamics, as athletes who would possibly come from marginalized spheres of their dwelling international locations change into celebrated on the world stage. This duality highlights the broader societal implications past mere patriotism, as folks join with athletes who replicate their very own identities and private narratives.
Clotilde Jiménez views the Olympics as a novel alternative, permitting folks to return collectively and see past variations, fostering as an alternative a quick however important human encounter. With the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games as a backdrop, Jiménez’ new collection serves as a testomony to the probabilities that emerge when people obtain this connection.
