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Yveline Tropéa: Between Two Worlds

April 6, 2024 - May 11, 2024

Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Yveline Tropéa’s work in the United States: Between Two Worlds. The exhibition will be on view April 6th through May 11th, 2024, with an opening reception on Saturday, April 6th from 4-6pm.

Drawing inspiration from dreams and folklore, Yveline Tropéa creates paintings that defy explanation. A man and woman are wedded on a floating slug, an eyeball-shaped kite pulls miniature figures out of frame, and creatures melt into each other in Tropéa’s surreal scenes. The artist abandons notions of perspective and scale to produce dream-like compositions against backgrounds resembling cosmic ripples or oceans of sand. Working between Paris and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Tropéa’s paintings are influenced by the myriad of cultures and traditions that surround her. Tropéa transcribes events from everyday life and mythology into her canvases, attempting to make sense of the incomprehensible.

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Tropéa skillfully mixes hand-beading and embroidery, hiding motifs in plain sight and creating kaleidoscopic backgrounds. Her process begins with free drawing, autonomously transcribing dreams and fantasies onto paper. The artist digitally enlarges the image and maps out color choices and patterns for beading and embroidery. Selections of glass beads and threads draw from local beading techniques and source material from craftspeople in Ouagadougou. Tropéa charts out the direction of each strand, resulting in richly textured imagery that animates the mystical narratives.

Combining traditional materials with a surrealist and spiritual approach to production allows Tropéa to create a world ruled by irrationality, which we are invited into. Much like contemporary life, Tropéa’s work exists in a space of ambiguity, but by venturing into these dream-like images viewers can find inspiration and meaning, widening their own worlds in the process.

Yveline Tropéa (b. 1962) was born in France and lives and works between Paris and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Tropéa’s work has been included in exhibitions at Centre André Malraux, Agen, France; Ouagadougou Biennial, Burkina Faso; Il giardino di Daniel Spoerri, Seggiano, Italy; Château de Montbron, Montbron, France; Biso Biennial, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Institut Français de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; and Musée de la toile de Jouy, Jouy en Josas, France, among others.

Without Net, 2023
Without Net, Detail
Around the Neck of my Dreams, 2023
The Entanglement, 2023
The Entanglement, Detail
The Conductor of the Orchestra, 2023
The Conductor of the Orchestra, Detail
The Kite, 2022
The Kite, Detail
Honeymoon in Danger, 2023
Abyssal Forest, 2023
The Return of the Excised Child, 2023
The Return of the Excised Child, Detail
The Rabbit, 2023
Double Presence, 2023
Double Presence, Detail
Between Two Worlds, 2023
The Clown's Mask, 2023
Time for a Nap, 2023
Installation shot, Between Two Worlds
Installation shot, Between Two Worlds
Installation shot, Between Two Worlds
Installation shot, Between Two Worlds
Installation shot, Between Two Worlds
Without Net, 2023

Without Net, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

65 1/4” x 47 1/2”

Without Net, Detail

Without Net, Detail

Around the Neck of my Dreams, 2023

Around the Neck of my Dreams, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

49 3/4” x 57 5/8”

The Entanglement, 2023

The Entanglement, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

41” x 36 1/8”

The Entanglement, Detail

The Entanglement, Detail

The Conductor of the Orchestra, 2023

The Conductor of the Orchestra, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

35 1/4” x 47 3/8”

The Conductor of the Orchestra, Detail

The Conductor of the Orchestra, Detail

The Kite, 2022

The Kite, 2022

Beading and hand embroidery

35 1/4” x 47 3/8”

The Kite, Detail

The Kite, Detail

Honeymoon in Danger, 2023

Honeymoon in Danger, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

44 3/4” x 36”

Abyssal Forest, 2023

Abyssal Forest, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

41” x 35 3/4”

The Return of the Excised Child, 2023

The Return of the Excised Child, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

34 7/8” x 35”

The Return of the Excised Child, Detail

The Return of the Excised Child, Detail

The Rabbit, 2023

The Rabbit, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

17 3/4” x 21 1/2”

Double Presence, 2023

Double Presence, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

25 3/8” x 18 4/8”

Double Presence, Detail

Double Presence, Detail

Between Two Worlds, 2023

Between Two Worlds, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

24 3/8” x 21 1/4”

The Clown's Mask, 2023

The Clown's Mask, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

14 3/8” x 15 3/4”

Time for a Nap, 2023

Time for a Nap, 2023

Beading and hand embroidery

12 7/8” x 14”

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

Installation shot, Between Two Worlds

 
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