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Sep 6 – Oct 11, 2025

Free and Easy, Olivier Millagou

The issues of global warming and the collapse of biodiversity are inseparable from Olivier Millagou’s creative process. In an era where consumerism continues its relentless march, he offers a counter-cultural approach. His works made from recycled materials question our relationship to the living beings. The birds, pets, flowers, and butterflies that often populate his work are an ode to simplicity and what is fragile in this world.

In his upcoming solo show Free and Easy at Sultana, curated by Margaux Bonopera, Olivier Millagou will present a new series of Peintures PĂ©rimĂ©es (“out-of-date paintings”), delicate monotypes made with expired polyurethane adhesive that recall neo-classicism and Renaissance portraits; as well as RĂ©emploi (“reuse”) a new series of aluminium sculptures. The latter are made from the counterforms of birds sculptures created by the artist for a public building. They evoke both modernism and the history of interior sculpture, its relation with taste and desire, while being “sublime warnings of an increasingly fragile present” (Margaux Bonopera).

Les enjeux liĂ©s au rĂ©chauffement climatique et Ă  l’effondrement de la biodiversitĂ© sont indissociables du processus de travail d’Olivier Millagou. À une Ă©poque oĂč le consumĂ©risme poursuit sa course effrenĂ©e, il propose une approche Ă  contre-courant. Ses oeuvres faites Ă  partir de matĂ©riaux recyclĂ©s interrogent notre relation au vivant. Les oiseaux, animaux domestiques, fleurs et papillons qui peuplent ses images sont une ode Ă  la simplicitĂ© et Ă  ce qui est fragile en ce monde.

Pour son exposition personnelle Free and Easy Ă  la Galerie Sultana, curatĂ©e par Margaux Bonopera, Olivier Millagou prĂ©sente une nouvelle sĂ©rie de Peintures pĂ©rimĂ©es (2023-en cours), dĂ©licats monotypes faits Ă  partir de colle polyurĂ©thane pĂ©rimĂ©e, qui rappellent les portraits du nĂ©o-classisisme et de la Renaissance. Il prĂ©sente Ă©galement une nouvelle sĂ©rie de sculptures en aluminium, RĂ©emploi (2025). Faites Ă  partir d’aluminium recyclĂ© et de contreformes en polystyrĂšne de sculptures d’oiseaux créées par l’artiste pour une commande publique, les objets de cette sĂ©rie Ă©voquent le modernisme et l’histoire de la sculpture d’intĂ©rieur, sa relation au goĂ»t et au dĂ©sir. Elles sont autant “d’alertes sublimes d’un prĂ©sent de plus en plus fragile” (Margaux Bonopera).

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Peinture périmée (solitude), 2025

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Peinture pĂ©rimĂ©e (rĂȘve), 2025

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Peinture périmée (éternel), 2025

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Peinture périmée (réflexion), 2025

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Peinture périmée (silence), 2025

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Réemploi 3, 2025

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Réemploi 3, 2025

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Réemploi 5, 2025

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Réemploi 9, 2025

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