Art Basel Paris Public Program: Joël Andrianomearisoa

As part of the Art Basel Public Program, Joël Andrianomearisoa will present his project Les Herbes folles du vieux logis, 2020-2025, in the courtyard of the Hôtel de la Marine.

Joël Andrianomearisoa works across several mediums including textiles, drawing, sculpture, and installation. In his textile works, he underscores the cultural significance of fiber arts in Madagascar, which hold a symbolic role tied to history, memory, and ritual. With vivid colors and dense textures evoking the abundance of the natural world, this monumental work opens onto an imaginary landscape. Its title is borrowed from a poetry collection by Maurice Ramarozaka (1931–2010), a Malagasy writer and diplomat who viewed poetry as a way of being and living across multiple geographies. The work belongs to an ongoing series that includes three works now held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Born in 1977 in Antananarivo, Joël Andrianomearisoa works across several mediums including textiles, drawing, sculpture, and installation.