The novel "Start at dusk (interiors view)" painting, 150x200 cm, 2007.

Panoramic view of the installation scene for "Familiar World," 2008. Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc's "Familiar World" solo exhibition is on display at Galerie Hussenot from January 12 to February 19. A young French artist, Abonnenc presents this solo exhibition titled "Familiar World." In fact, the familiar world is not so familiar, nor is the strange world that strange; today's art world is both familiar and strange. In this first solo exhibition, the artist incorporates the audience into his exhibition scene. The venue features three white screens, each with a perspective, titled "Start at dusk (interiors view)." In the center, these transparent screens (burned wooden boards) are arranged in black grids resembling tiles to form a platform, which serves as the viewing platform for the paintings. These three identical aluminum panel paintings resemble copperplate prints, where a transparent white screen overlays a black-and-white landscape painting (here narrating the story of 19th-century explorer Jules Crevaux), seemingly telling the audience that this cinematic screen space cites the root of contemplation and the source of imagination for all stories. The exhibition can be viewed as such a projection space of history and events, all hidden within the images of these white screens, placing the audience's bodies in relation to the image scenes.