Exhibitions

To end the year on a high note, the Galerie Amélie du Chalard invites you to discover a delicate exhibition devoted to small-format works by artists with singular worlds: Nathalie Van der Massen, Vesna Vrdoljak, Rieko Koga, Delphine Brabant, and Léo Dorfner.

Nathalie Van der Massen stands out for her rare sensitivity to natural materials and her meticulous attention to technical detail. Her work explores the close relationship between textiles and interior architecture, blending layers of fabric, light, and transparency to create dynamic, soothing, and introspective spatial experiences. Her pieces reflect a harmony between material and light, inviting viewers into a sensitive and contemplative immersion.

Vesna Vrdoljak, meanwhile, merges collage, photography, and drawing to bring to life surreal and undefinable compositions. By scanning and layering old papers, she plays with scale and texture to create a subtle dialogue between history and modernity. Her works, both aesthetic and evocative, offer viewers the freedom of personal interpretation, infusing familiar representations with mystery and a sense of escape.

Rieko Koga is a Japanese visual artist. After completing her studies in fashion in Tokyo and then in Paris, she turned to the fine arts. She expresses her world through thread and needle. Guided by her inspiration, Rieko improvises, creating works directly on canvas without prior preparation, allowing the movement of her hands to lead her freely. For Rieko, sewing is an act of prayer, and she believes in the magical powers of her stitches. Her works are imbued with wishes hidden within the seams—wishes meant for everyone.

Delphine Brabant creates sculptures in search of harmony between opposing forces. Her work explores the balance between fullness and emptiness, light and shadow, solidity and fragility. She uses a variety of materials—bronze, steel, concrete, plaster, clay, stone, wood, and Corten steel—juxtaposing them to reveal their richness. Passionate about matter and construction, she designs geometric and structured compositions. Inspired by landscapes, she translates lines, furrows, and imprints into her works, evoking new sceneries that are both linear and aerial.

Léo Dorfner offers a punk interpretation of contemporary images that have become smooth and sanitized. He reclaims media representations, advertising icons, and fragments of everyday life to construct a rock mythology of the present—both critical and poetic. Through collage, drawing, and marking, he creates fragmented narratives where humor, absurdity, and beauty collide. His works combine image fragments with ironic captions to reveal the gap between appearance and meaning, between visual pleasure and disillusionment. Dorfner subverts the codes of glamour and the sacred, heralding a new aesthetic order—free and undisciplined.

Because art can also find its place beneath the Christmas tree, this selection of exceptional small-format works is perfect for offering—or treating yourself to—a unique and meaningful piece. Epilogue, presented by Galerie Amélie du Chalard, thus reveals delicate works, perfect for authentic and precious art gifts.