Ciel — Solo exhibition
Wilde, Paris
Curator : Chase Doolan
2026
Curator : Chase Doolan
2026
Ciel is a solo exhibition presented as part of Minéral, végétal, Animal, an exhibition cycle bringing together four solo exhibitions and one group exhibition.
Ciel extends a research into salt as a vector of transmutation. Through its ritual uses across different cultures, salt is brought into relation with the sun, the moon and the stars, understood as forces of circulation, transformation and regeneration.
The exhibition brings together several series in which each material engages its own process of transformation: Paintings in Tears, in which Dead Sea water prevents the paint from setting and sets the copper back into motion until it regains its green; Smoke Drawings, made with palo santo smoke, in which the smoke freely translates the gesture onto paper, leaving ephemeral traces; and Flame Paintings, where beeswax and fire alternate between states of melting and solidification.
At the centre of the exhibition, Evaporation Structure, composed of terracotta vessels inspired by ancient containers associated with salt production, sets these materials and their different states of transformation into circulation. Activated by the performance Femme en salaison, the installation becomes a space of passage where the body, salt and female cyclicity extend an ancient memory.
Ciel, Exhibition view, 2026
Salt Mists, Heat, fire, beeswax, Dammar, Dead Sea salt, water and pigments on copper 6.3 × 25.5 cm, 2024
Fire Horse, Pigments, tempera, gum arabic and lavender oil on paper, 12 × 22.7 cm, 2025
Ciel, Dead Sea water on paper, in interaction with various pigments, 15 × 21 cm, 2025
Erasing the horse from the Sunset (Till We Meet Again), Dead Sea salt, black ink, various pigments and tempera on paper, 12 × 22.7 cm, 2025
Study of a Horse (2025), Paper, fire, palo santo, 21 × 29.7 cm, 2025
Asking Forgiveness, Paper, fire, palo santo, 21 × 29.7 cm, 2025
Femme en salaison, Dead Sea water on paper, in interaction with various pigments, 21 × 15 cm, 2025
Je n’arrive pas à me coucher, Dead Sea water on canvas, in interaction with various pigments, 44 × 42 cm, 2025
Transmutation of Waters, Dead Sea water on canvas, in interaction with various pigments, 48 × 42.5 cm, 2025
La Main - Transmutation of Waters, Dead Sea water on canvas in interaction with various pigments, 42 × 24 cm, 2025
L’Origine du monde, Dead Sea water on torn paper, in interaction with various pigments, 21 × 15 cm, 2025
Ciel, Exhibition view, 2026
The Mourner (I Am a Lighthouse), Dead Sea water on paper, in interaction with various pigments, 42 × 29.7 cm, 2025
The Mourner (I Am a Lighthouse), Dead Sea water on paper, in interaction with various pigments, 42 × 29.7 cm, 2025
Structure d’évaporation - Materials in circulation, Burnt palo santo, damar, ink, copper leaf, Dead Sea salt, olive oil, Dead Sea water, beeswax, water, two-finger beeswax amulet, 2024-2026
Venus of All the Planets (Candle), Heat, fire, beeswax, Dammar and pigments on copper, 15 × 15 cm, 2025
Venus of All the Planets (Salt), Heat, fire, beeswax, Dammar, Dead Sea salt, water and pigments on copper, 15 × 15 cm, 2025
Venus of All the Planets (Black Hole), Heat, fire, beeswax, Dammar and pigments on aluminium, 15 × 15 cm, 2025
