This visual artist from Cherbourg receives a prestigious artistic prize in Paris

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Gaëlle Choisne has left the Cotentin peninsulaeven if she comes back to recharge her batteries as soon as her schedule ismultifaceted artist (artist, sculptor, videographer, photographer, etc.) allows her to do so.

Born at Cherbourg (Manche), aged 39, the young woman is winner since Monday October 14, 2024 of the Marcel-Duchamp prize (from the name of the inventor of the “ready made”, Editor’s note), created in 2000 “to highlight the abundance of the French artistic scene, to distinguish and promote internationally the most representative artists of their generation.”

A springboard

In general, this prize organized by the ADIAF (Association for the International Diffusion of French Art) is considered a springboard for those who are selected, and even more so of course for the person who is awarded it.

The Marcel-Duchamp Prize, in addition to the visibility it allows its winner, is also endowed with 35 000 €.

For the occasion, Gaëlle Choisne presented a work entitled Age of Aquarius 99,999, which is still visible Pompidou Centerin Paris.

This is a unique installation mixing, through several supports, esoteric Creole traditions, myths and popular cultures.

Shells, exotic fruits or talismans brought back from his travels serve as materials for the artist.

One day in Cherbourg?

Mixed race since the daughter of a Haitian mother and a Breton father, Gaëlle Choisne is crossed by this double culture as much as it leaves its mark on its artistic approach.

Identity, memory, but also the colonial history ofHaiti or the traces left by slaveryhave an important place in his work.

The Manchoise has already exhibited alone or collectively In several European countriesbut also at Japanau Canada or even to UNITED STATES.

And why not Cherbourg-en-Cotentin A day ?

Age of Aquarius 99,999 is visible until January 6, 2025 at the Center Pompidou, as are the works of the others nominated for this 24th edition of the Marcel Duchamp Prize.

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