Plein Soleil — Galleria Continua / Paris Matignon — Exhibition — Slash Paris

Ends in about 2 months: June 12 → August 29, 2026

Plein Soleil shown across its two Paris spaces, located respectively in the Marais and Matignon districts. The two exhibitions feature works by Adel Abdessemed, Ai Weiwei, Juan Araujo, Barbana Bojadzi, Hans Op de Beeck, Yoan Capote, Loris Cecchini, Elizabet Cerviño, Nikhil Chopra, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Leandro Erlich, Subodh Gupta, JR, José Mesías, Giovanni Ozzola, Serse, Nedko Solakov, Marta Spagnoli, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Nari Ward, Sislej Xhafa and José Yaque.

Taking its title from the cinematic masterpiece ’Plein Soleil’, whose Mediterranean atmosphere, steeped in light, creates a striking contrast between the dazzling beauty of the landscapes and the moral darkness of the plot, the exhibition engages in a similar reflection. Unlike many noir films set in shadow, the crimes committed by the protagonist of the movie are concealed in broad daylight, beneath a light that nevertheless seems to reveal everything. In much the same way, ’Plein Soleil’ allows essential questions of our contemporary societies to surface behind a joyful, summery aesthetic. It thus invites the viewer to move beyond the immediate seduction of the works and interrogate the more complex issues they convey.

Artists: Adel Abdessemed, Ai Weiwei, Barbana Bojadzi, Nikhil Chopra, Hans Op de Beeck, Marta Spagnoli, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Nari Ward, José Yaque