Armature, contemporary art from Africa and the Mediterranean

Drama - Sirin Boubaker
No Name Is Great - Sirin Boubaker

Menart Fair Paris, booth R5

Sirin Boubaker, Verdict

23 to 25 October, opening on Thursday 22.

Drama

Sirin Boubaker - 2024 - €4,200 - Painting

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From 23 to 25 October, Armature presents a solo booth by Sirin Boubaker at Menart Fair Paris, Revealing section, booth R5.

Verdict brings together paintings made between 2024 and 2026 and never exhibited before, in which figures set in peaceful landscapes wear the heads of geese or black swans, or skulls, without anyone in the picture seeming surprised.

Sirin Boubaker, Drama, 2024, detail

Sirin Boubaker, Drama, 2024, detail

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