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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.
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Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.

Ritual & uncanny symbolism in the grotto-like sculptures of Jean-Baptiste Janisset

, 24 February 2020

Sourire aux Anges, a solo exhibition by Jean-Baptiste Janisset, was on at Chiffonnier, Dijon, running December 6 to January 4.

Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Sourire aux Anges (2019). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Chiffonnier, Dijon.

With grotto-like installation environments and metallic sculptures, Sourire aux Anges mixes uncanny religious symbolism with a folk art sense of wonder. As observed in the press release, from the artist’s “eclectic blend of references and cults emerges the power of collective gathering, of the ritual that connects people.”**

Jean-Baptiste Janisset’s Sourire aux Anges was on at Dijon’s Chiffonnier, running December 6, 2019 to January 4, 2020.