Territoires familiers – Mathilde Bonbon

With Quartalo, Mathilde Bonbon continues to explore territory as material to be interpreted, at the boundary between representation and perception.

Using watercolor, she creates pared-back compositions in which the precision of cartographic lines engages in dialogue with the fluidity of color. Marseille, its neighborhoods, coastline and Calanques become the starting point for a body of work in which landmarks are simplified and the eye moves freely.

The exhibition also presents Outre mer, a new series in which representation fades further. Names and lines disappear, giving way to gesture, rhythm, transparency and color.

From cartography to non-figuration, the exhibition is thus threaded by one question: what remains of a territory when its landmarks are gradually removed?