Résonance
What Remains
2026
Sep 10 — Oct 17, 2026
Free admission
Venues and dates
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Region
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Fromto
Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 2PM - 7PM Sunday Closed -
Prices
Free admission
Valentin van der Meulen, a draftsman, explores erasure, repetition, and overlay. Using charcoal and black stone, he transforms decontextualized news photos into works where the act of drawing is as central as the image itself. His gesture, both destructive and generative, turns drawing into an archaeology of memory.
Valentin van der Meulen’s exhibition "What Remains" presents three key aspects of his work:
- Erasure as origin: Charcoal and black chalk drawings that are partially or entirely erased, revealing the ephemeral and questioning memory and interpretation. Each work serves as a threshold between reality and dream.
- Repetition as alteration: Layering creates a dreamlike topography, transforming the image into a pattern where reality and fiction intertwine.
- Installation as meditation: "Parures" combines drawings, aluminum structures, and dripping ink that alters the images in real time—a silent performance exploring the ephemeral and materiality.
His work, in dialogue with Walter Benjamin, explores alteration as revelation: image fragments hovering between fiction and reality, inviting new narratives. "What Remains" is part of the "Passer d’un rêve à l’autre" (Moving from One Dream to Another) project, offering a reflection on thresholds, memory, and the reinvention of stories.
The gallery is open by appointment, Monday to Saturday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. / Tel: +33 6 10 27 56 15
Audience
All ages
In Rhone-Alpes region
Saint Laurent sur Saône