Curated by: Julie Gandini, head curator at the Fonds d’art contemporain – Paris Collections and the collection’s curatorial team.

Developing on the theme of reparation that Alexia Fabre explores in her section, the Fonds d’art contemporain team set out to question the traces of France’s 20^th century colonial heritage in the municipal collections with the desire to showcase 20^th century artists from Africa, the Caribbean and South America. Their efforts in analysing the collections enabled them to highlight certain artists, such as Wilson Tiberio and Mohammed Issiakhem and shine a light on others, such as Germaine Casse, Iba N’Diaye and Victoire Ravelonanosy. Such artists who lived and worked in a colonial context (each in their respective periods) are underrepresented in French public collections. By means of recent acquisitions, the Fonds d’art contemporain team wanted to demonstrate how the institution has decided to tackle this injustice – both from the viewpoint of perpetrator and victim – and make amends. In the contemporary field, visitors will discover the strategies of resistance, resilience, care and how artists who are racialised or come from migrant backgrounds affirm their identity.

As a partner of Art Paris, the Ville de Paris (Paris Municipality) will present the Fonds d’art contemporain - Paris Collections at on a dedicated stand. The only public collection on display amongst the exhibiting galleries, the Ville de Paris’ art collection comprises almost 23,400 works dating from the end of the 19th century to the present day. Every year, new works are added to the collection as part of the municipality’s actions in support of artists.

Selected artists:

Alexandre Bloch
Germaine Casse
Nidhal Chamekh
Kenny Dunkan
Latifa Echakhch
Mohamed El Baz
Fabiana Ex-Souza
Abdelkader Guermaz
François de Herain
M’Hamed Issiakhem
Katia Kameli
Hélène Lamourdedieu
Florence Lazar
Lucien Madrassi
Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien
Myriam Mihindou
Iba N’Diaye
Emeka Ogboh
Victoire Ravelonanosy
Chéri Samba
Gérard Sekoto
Wilson Tiberio,