Exhibition from June 25 to September 6, 2024

Monday to Friday, 12pm to 5:30pm

Marfret, 13 Quai de la Joliette, 13002 Marseille

 

42 jours is the fruit of artist Yvan Salomone's residency, which began in Le Havre in November 2019 aboard the container ship Marfret Guyane. A double Atlantic crossing in 42 days and 11 ports of call, bound for Brazil, during which he shared the daily life of the 22 sailors and witnessed a highly singular ballet between men and machines.

 

"From this voyage of several weeks, Salomone brought back no narrative documentaries, no reports on the lives of sailors, the fortunes and misfortunes of the sea, no fantastic stories or frightening or comic anecdotes: [but] twelve watercolors and a spellbinding film lasting just over an hour and forty minutes [...] The watercolors were not painted on board but on return, from photographs or film shots, in accordance with the method employed by the artist since 1991: there is nothing fundamentally different about them from the rest of his work. " Didier Semin

 

Marfret, a shipping company specializing in international freight, has been involved in artistic patronage for several years. It welcomes artists in residence, in its agencies and on board its ships, offering a unique exploration of the world and history of maritime transport.

 

Discover the work of Yvan Salomone: https://ddabretagne.org/fr/artistes/yvan-salomone/oeuvres

 

A Parallèle production for Marfret.

 

Reservations required for groups on 04 91 56 91 00.