Eleni Kamma
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QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ? Limited edition Risoprint, 2022. Photo: Michael De Lausnay
QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?

As part of the «A future for culture» project supported by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and on the basis of an invitation from Emmanuel Lambion, this exhibition presents the work of Eleni Kamma, in residence at the CGII since January 2021.

In her work, Eleni Kamma explores the notion of parrhesia, the courage to speak one’s mind, which she approaches from a comedic and excessive perspective. Echoing Pol Bury and André Balthazar's Daily-Bul magazine, Eleni questioned the people of La Louvière about their identity. Who are they? What is La Louvière? Could it be claimed? Could it be written? Could it be worn? Between collective creation and cultural heritage, the people of La Louvière, past and present, find themselves in this collaborative exhibition, defined by a tenuous relationship between surrealist heritage, industrial landscape, working-class history and Carnival in clogs!

In dialogue with the artists of the CGII and Daily-Bul collections : Pierre Alechinsky, André Balthazar, Pol Bury, Jean Brusselmans, Zéphir Busine, Pasquale Cristallo, Francis De Bolle, Fabien Delvigne, Daniel Fauville, Joseph Ghin, Maurice Henry, Gustave Marchoul, Moebius, Françoise Pétrovitch, François Schuiten, Roland Topor, Luc Van Malderen, Margot Weemaes, Jean Winance.

With the contributions of: Nathalie Coen, Élodie Delvaux, Pascale Joie, Nadine Lebrun, Marie-Thérèse Mancini, Dominique du Mouchon d’Aunia, Caty Scheirs, Georges Vercheval, Jeanne Vercheval, Véronique Vercheval, Aurélie, Béné, Jérôme, Jym, Michel, Phil, Tia, Véro.

And with the collaboration of : Daily Bul & Co, Keramis, les Archives de la Ville de La Louvière, le Musée International du Carnaval et du Masque, le CPAS de La Louvière, Les Scriveûs asbl, Lire et écrire asbl.

09.04.2022–24.07.2022

Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image Imprimée de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Rue des Amours, 10 B-7100 La Louvière Belgium +32 (0) 64 27 87 27 accueil@centredelagravure.be Open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00—18:00 https://www.centredelagravure.be/exhibition/qui-who-etes-are-vous-les-louviervoix/
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Exhibition overview ‘QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?’   Photo: Michael De Lausnay
The Details exhibition ‘QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?’ Photos: Michael De Lausnay
The Exhibition overview ‘QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?’   Photo: Michael De Lausnay

From left to right:
Francis De Bolle, Masque, 1979, Pierre Alechinsky, Vaincu parce que plus fort, 1980, Jean Winance, Untitled, Jean Giraud dit Moebius, Untitled (Masque rouge), 1992, Eleni Kamma, Mask for Character 12 : The Disguised, 2019, Françoise Pétrovitch, Nocturnes, 2017, Françoise Pétrovitch, Nocturnes, 2017, Joseph Ghin, Untitled, Fabien Delvigne, Tous les jours, c'est Carnaval, 2003, Jean Winance, Untitled, Francis De Bolle, Rencontre, 2005, Pierre Alechinsky, Orange de Binche (Le chien roi), 1983, Françoise Pétrovitch, Vue III : L'importance du carnaval à tout âge dans la région du Centre, 1938, 2018, Françoise Pétrovitch, Vue I : Deux petits amis réunis, 1969, 2018, Pierre Alechinsky, Au fil du bois IV, 1973, Pierre Alechinsky, La Louvière – Cinq affiches pour un Centenaire, 1969, Maurice Henry, Visitez La Louvière - Cinq affiches pour un Centenaire, 1969, Roland Topor, Les 100 années de La Louvière – Cinq affiches pour un Centenaire, 1969.
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Exhibition overview ‘QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?’   Photo: Michael De Lausnay
The Eleni Kamma QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?, 2022
Teresa Sdralevich, Julia Lebrao Sendra et Juliette Merie (silkscreen printers); Camille van der Meij (textile designer); Nathalie Coen, Élodie Delvaux, Pascale Joie, Nadine Lebrun, Marie-Thérèse Mancini, Dominique du Mouchon d’Aunia, Caty Scheirs, Georges Vercheval, Jeanne Vercheval, Véronique Vercheval, Aurélie, Béné, Jérôme, Jym, Michel, Phil, Tia, Véro (contributors) Installation, costume of nine individual pieces, connected and worn collectively, dimensions variable.
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Eleni Kamma The Corners of the Mouth II: Notes on La Louvière, Leporello, Watercolor on paper, 27 pages of 28,4 x 15,3 cm, 2022
The Exhibition overview ‘QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?’   Photo: Michael De Lausnay
The Detail exhibition ‘QUI WHO ÊTES ARE VOUS les Louviérvoix ?’   Photo: Michael De Lausnay

From left to right:
T-shirts Bosch, produced by Manufacture Royale La Louvière Boch. Printed textile, 66 X 70cm, private collection Véronique Vercheval, Marie-Thérèse Mancini Royal Boch, Keramis, 2009, La Louvière. Photography, 29,7 X 21 cm, private collection Nadine Lebrun, Untitled, 10 photographs, dimensions variable, January 1985, La Louvière, private collection