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“Un pyjama pour deux” (“One Pyjama For Two”) by Sara Bichão and Manon Harrois
2 minSara Bichão and Manon Harrois, visual artists from Portugal and France respectively, present "Un pyjama pour deux" at the Passages Centre for Contemporary Art in Troyes until 13 December 2019. The exhibition is the fruit of three years of collaboration between France and Portugal, including three months’ residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in spring 2019 for Sara Bichão.
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2/11“Un pyjama pour deux” exhibition
Née en 1986, diplômée des Beaux-Arts de l’Université de Lisbonne (2011), Sara Bichão vit et travaille à Lisbonne.
Née en 1988 à Reims, diplômée de l’ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres (2009), Manon Harrois vit et travaille à Troyes.
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3/11Détail d'un soldat
It all began with Boshko Boskovic, curator and director of Residency Unlimited (New York), inviting the two artists to perform Soundless Harmonies at the Rita Urso Gallery in Milan in 2014. Since then, the two artists have worked together regularly.
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4/11"Put yourself together"
Sara Bichão and Manon Harrois worked together in residence, first in the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park, then on two Portuguese volcanic islands, first in the Azores and then in Madeira.
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5/11"Put yourself together"
“Un pyjama pour deux” is the second part of the project “Quand nous sommes deux, nous sommes trois” (“When We Are Two, We Are Three”), which focuses on language, translation and ownership. The guiding idea for both artists was that when two beings, two individuals or two parties communicate, a third form of language emerges ("2 = 3").
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6/11"Put yourself together"
The two artists share the same inspiration for installations where sculptures, drawings, paintings and performances freely hybridise.
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7/11"Yesterday I will clean » and « Put yourself together"
Sara Bichão's work is strongly connected to ancestral practices of construction and manual work. Through drawing, painting and sewing, the artist creates works through the medium of her body.
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8/11"Spectator"
In this exhibition, two bodies divide to give rise to a two-voice conversation in a four-hand exhibition.
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9/11"Messenger" and "After eight"
The exhibition benefits from the loan of Roman objects from the collection of the Troyes Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology.
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10/11"After eight"
This exhibition is the result of a joint effort and is also a portrait of this collaboration.
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The Institut français and the project
Sara Bichão was one of 70 awardees welcomed to the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2019 as part of the Institut français's residency programme.
Find out more about residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts.