PARTITIONS SÉDIMENTAIRES

with local inhabitants and families

Practical infos

Project presented during the Contemporaine de Nîmes, from April 5 to June 23, 2024, then extended to September 22.
Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 6pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am to 6:30pm. Closed May 1^st.
Opening: Friday, April 5, 6pm to 10pm.
Access on presentation of the Pass Contemporaine de Nîmes or admission to Carré d’Art – Contemporary Art Museum.

CARRÉ D’ART – CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
Place de la Maison Carrée, 30000 Nîmes

How to get there?

Alassan Diawara, Untitled, 2023. Color film photograph.

Alassan Diawara has created a new series of photographs, for which he spent several months exploring Nîmes and its surroundings, encountering many people in the process. Through glimpses of life, the young Belgian photographer’s images explore youth, the connections between different generations in families and communities, and seek to capture a certain essence of the Gard and Camargue imaginary.

His photographs are presented in dialogue with Zineb Sedira’s works on the subject of familial and cultural transmission. The artist, who represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2022, also mentored Alassan Diawara in the construction of his project. The installation on display at Carré d’Art – Contemporary Art Museum, conceived jointly by the two artists, offers new perspectives on the ways in which histories and cultures are shaped over generations.

For the duration of the triennial, some of the images created by Alassan Diawara are also presented in the public space, on the façade of the Nîmes-Centre train station.

“Partitions sédimentaires” is part of the Rencontres d’Arles 2024 program, within the framework of the Grand Arles Express, and as such is on show until September 22.

Zineb Sedira, Mother, Daughter, and I, 2003. Color photograph, C-print on aluminum

The artists

Alassan Diawara

Alassan Diawara is a Belgian artist and photographer, living and working in Paris since 2019. He discovered photography at an introductory workshop during his communication studies in Brussels. In 2012, he did his first internship with Malick Sidibé (...)

Zineb Sedira

Born in 1963, Zineb Sedira is a Franco-Algerian artist who lives and works between London and Paris. She studied graphic design in France, before continuing her training at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art (...)

The location

Carré d’Art – Contemporary Art Museum of Nîmes

Inaugurated in 1993, the Carré d’Art is an architectural work by Norman Foster that houses the museum of contemporary art and the library. The museum has a collection of 700 pieces, dating from 1960 to the present day. Launched in 1986, the co (...)

Documentation

Partners

Project presented in coproduction with:
Carré d’Art – Contemporary Art Museum of Nîmes

With the support of:
Fondation Picto, Mennour

With the collaboration of:
SNCF Gares & Connexions, Artagon

And with the loan of works by Zineb Sedira from:
Mennour, Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration