MAWON CIEL - Solo show of Lucas Erin

Mawon-ciel is an imaginary colour in Creole. It could refer to a climate in which alternative ways of living together and producing are being prepared, inspired by marooning, a notion linked to the history of slavery and extended to the idea of emancipation in Caribbean thought, where flight is a heroic attitude.

Interested in the exhibition space, its codes and the expectations it implies, Lucas Erin imagines a situation that confronts the public with the possibility of adopting one point of view rather than another, like a decision to be made: stay on the highway or take the exit.

Lucas Erin (*1990) is a French artist based in Lausanne, who graduated from ECAL in 2016.

Using sculpture, installation and video, his work draws on postcolonial studies, which are articulated with the economic and social realities encountered in Martinique or in the Caribbean diaspora from which he hails. Using accessible forms, his work creates spaces for encounters and challenges preconceptions.

His commitment to art has taken collective forms in curatorial projects and event organisation, such as at Le Doc and La Colonie (founded by Kader Attia), where he will be working between 2016 and 2020. Hospitality plays an important role in his approach, which is anchored in the artist residency at La Becque, where he will be joining the team in autumn 2024.