Portraits Du Paradis

Galerie Nathalie Obadia presents "Portraits du paradis" (Portraits of Paradise), a solo exhibition by Jérôme Zonder in Paris. This exhibition features new work that revisits figures Zonder has explored for over twenty years, including Pierre-François, Baptiste, and Garance, characters inspired by Marcel Carné's film "Les Enfants du Paradis". Zonder's practice delves into contemporary anthropological shifts, technological advancements, and the proliferation of images, questioning how the human figure can be depicted today. His portraits explore bodily, physical, mental, and digital memories, oscillating between assertion and uncertainty.

Pierre-François is central to this body of work, initiating a dialogue between image, material, and text. The exhibition incorporates diverse writing systems and visual elements drawn from historical archives, cinematic scenes, and current events. Zonder's virtuosity in drawing ranges from hyperrealism to abstraction, incorporating textures created by his physical engagement with the medium, such as fingerprints. The exhibition examines the power of interruption and displacement in contrast to the acceleration of the technological age, offering a space for experimentation and re-examining "image-making" today.