Sacatar resident artists Louise Mutrel and François Dufeil will present their artist collective Le Wonder and their personal work and research in a public conversation at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Bahia (MAC_BAHIA) next Thursday (10/30). The event is the result of a partnership between Sacatar, MAC Bahia, and FRAC Bretagne, and is part of the FRAC exhibition program at MAC.
Le Wonder is a collective studio run by and for artists. Since 2013, the collective of the same name has occupied large abandoned complexes in the suburbs of Paris and shaped the spaces it occupies in its own image. Collective studios, a shared machine park, and a space for experimentation and artistic thinking are made available to the 70 artists currently hosted there.
Thursday | October 30 | 4 p.m.
MAC_BAHIA Rua da Graça, 284 – Graça
Free admission | Simultaneous translation
Louise Mutrel is a photographer interested in automotive subculture. For five years, she has been documenting Dekotora culture (extravagantly decorated trucks that blend folkloric and popular symbols) in Japan. She will present her book Only You Can Complete Me, which brings together all of her photographs and research. In residence at Sacatar, she is documenting Paredão culture on the island of Itaparica.
Credit: Julie Hrncirova
“Le Soleil et l’Acier” (The Sun and Steel) – Louise Mutrel – 2021
(Altarpiece featuring dekotoras, hybrid trucks from the Japanese tuning culture)
168 × 120cm closed, 240 x 120cm open
Risography and steel
Goudron Frais exhibition, Marseille
François Dufeil is a visual artist who creates “tool sculptures” from collected industrial waste, transforming it into biomorphic forms. Activated through performances with collaborators from various disciplines, his works become catalysts for collective creation and knowledge exchange.
Credit: Salim Santa Lucia
“Vases d’expansion” – François Dufeil – 2021
(Tool-sculpture, percussion instruments)
Photo credit: Salim Santa Lucia
