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From January 20, 2026 to January 27, 2026:
Helmut Barcello | Proto-signified
Born in Malmö, Sweden, Helmut Barcello discovers photography in Bogotá. He was in residence at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto until 2012. It is after an adolescence marked by exile that this iconoclastic artist decides to dedicate herself to photography.
On the occasion of his first exhibition in France, Helmut Barcello reminds us how urgent it is to reshape art. He relentlessly accompanies the sinuous matter. Rather than rethinking poetry, his creation allows us to decipher the moment. His performed presentation explores the notions of in-group dynamics while the creation enables the deconstruction of the manufacturing action, in a gesture akin to that of Gabriela Ketter. Drawing inspiration from Henri Maldiney, Helmut Barcello inspects the surveillance of art upon the canvas...
Helmut Barcello — Proto-signified