Maison Revue Noire, Paris, France
20 Nov 2014 - 20 Dec 2014
Revue Noir presents Mario Benjamin’s first solo show in Paris and his first monography published by Revue Noire éditions.
Mario Benjamin is a unique figure in the landscape of both Haitian and contemporary art. His installations are more concerned to express the poetry of a space than to express a demand or criticism of our (his) society. However, his painting remains one of the major aspects of his oeuvre, never anachronistic, always deeply moving.
In this early 21st century that leaves gives little space to the discipline, it is a return to the age-old continuity of the artist’s hand.
This personal painting, which Mario Benjamin creates in a state of solitary, tragic confrontation, plunges the observer into another world nourished by beliefs, visions and inventions.
Like mirrors, his painted figures recall the nightmares of childhood, the fearfulness of life and the disturbing prospect of death. In so doing Mario Benjamin’s work represents those things within us that we cannot reveal.
Well into his forties, having taken part in the most important exhibitions, including several appearances at the biennials of Venice, São Paulo and Havana, Mario Benjamin is no longer an artist to be discovered, but one who merits full recognition.
Having proclaimed his talent for the last twenty years, Revue Noire has now published the first monograph on his work (paintings ans installations 1980-2012) and is presenting an exhibition focused on his painting, including previously unseen series, in Maison REVUE NOIRE in Paris.
– Jean Loup Pivin
VERNISSAGE: Thursday 20 November 2014, 5-9pm
REVUE NOIRE
8 RUE CELS
75014 PARIS
