Visual Essay: Yoan Sorin

We are happy to present a new series of visual essays by contemporary artists, specially designed for Art Viewer. Our first essay features Yoan Sorin’s work “Household,” in which the artist gives insights into the patterns he finds in his working processes and mechanisms.

Through an intimate and colorful approach, the artist creates capturing environments that resonate with personal meaning, utilizing materials and objects from the lives of friends and family that he uses to invoke their presence as witnesses to his work. For the artist, there is always a search between his intimacy and the place where his work takes shape.

We intend to bring you a new visual essay in each installment that reflects the diversity of artists’ work today.

Yoan Sorin is a French artist known for his multidisciplinary approach, incorporating sculpture, installation, and performance. He explores themes of identity, memory, and the human condition, often challenging viewers’ perceptions through his thought-provoking creations. Sorin’s work has been exhibited recently during the Anozero Biennial of Coimbra (Portugal) at Embajada (San Juan, Porto Rico), 14n61w (Fort de France, Martinique), 3bisf (Aix en Provence, France) and 40mcube (Rennes, France)

Aysha E Arar at Sans titre

Artist: Aysha E Arar

Exhibition title: Dear red bird, look at me in the eyes

Venue: Sans titre, Paris, France

Date: April 27 – June 1, 2024

Photography: Aurélien Mole, Margot Montigny / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Sans titre, Paris