Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux's solo show, at Paris + by Art Basel 2023, takes us into an intimate space, a mental and physical territory whose regions are defined by the artist's memories and recent travels between Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Martinique and Dubai.
During the year 2022, which was largely taken up by creative residencies abroad, the artist explored the question of how to define a space "of one's own" and "for one's own", both in life and in painting. The disruptive experience of a new language on a daily basis, of an unfamiliar yet familiar place, the long hours of travel create the conditions for distancing from oneself and open up a space where identity is free to reinvent itself in and from other forms.
For Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux, the act of creation is an opportunity to define himself in his own terms.
