Jean-Michel Alberola
“LE FLEUVE” – SOLO EXHIBITION

From June 4 to September 26, 2021
Ardenne abbey, 14280 Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France

The IMEC gave carte blanche to the artist Jean-Michel Alberola for the next exhibition at the Ardenne abbey. Over the weeks, the artist, whose work is nourished with literature, discovered the undergrounds where the archives are kept. He explored the library, and the reserves and little by little his research took shape around the work of Kafka with the animal of his short story “Le Terrier”. “When Kafka writes “Le Terrier”, he is the animal just for the time of the writing. Not more, not less. It is the story of an underground place, where, isolated, he can finally write : and isolated he could finaly get out.” The still unknown drawing of this carte blanche will appear in June at the Ardenne abbey.