Résidence Modèles perdus
19th november 2024 - 23th march 2025
For the third edition of its creative residency, the musée départemental Albert-Kahn invites sculptor Marina Mankarios to take over la salle des plaques.
Marina Mankarios proposes to explore the museum's collections through the approach of lost or endangered heritage in the Near East, focusing on two themes: political destruction and the climate crisis.
Using autochromes from the Archives of the Planet, Marina Mankarios extracts an architectural detail, which she copies, molds, and reproduces in multiple copies, each with unique imperfections and gaps. These sculptural fragments will be gathered within the space of the Plaques Room – echoing the endangered or lost heritage – bringing these destroyed works back to life.
The work produced by Marina Mankarios will highlight the connection between photography and sculpture as fragmentary works, playing with the concepts of negative/positive, printing, and also emphasizing the importance of perspective in the creation and perception of a work of art.
Explore the essence of the creation of "Modèles perdus"
The programming related to the installation
Visit and talk with the artist
Come discover the sculptural work of Marina Mankarios, artist-in-residence in the salle des plaques. During a visit and discussion, explore the artist's universe and her reinterpretation of the Archives of the Planet.
- Sunday, December 1st at 2:00 PM
- Sunday, January 26th at 2:00 PM
- Wednesday, February 19th at 2:00 PM
- Sunday, March 23rd at 2:00 PM
Online and on-site reservation
Family workshop (for children aged 6 and above)
Come mold your own hieroglyphs! Using images of Egypt preserved in the Archives of the Planet, Marina Mankarios will introduce you to modeling and molding techniques. After a tour of her installation, create your own bas-relief with your family.
- Sunday, December 1st at 3:30 PM
- Sunday, January 26th at 3:30 PM
- Wednesday, February 19th at 3:30 PM
- Sunday, March 23rd at 10:30 AM
Online and on-site reservations
Roundtable
Based on the example of Palmyra, the guests will discuss the memory of archaeological sites in times of war, between the rewriting of history and memorial challenges.
With Michel Al Maqdasi, Mathilde Mura and Anthony Petiteau
- Sunday 23th march 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reservation details coming soon
Discover our artist in residence
Born in Paris in 1996, Marina Mankarios grew up in a Coptic Egyptian family, immersing herself from a young age in the history and culture of this country.
Graduating in 2019, she presented her first exhibition, "Molding is not Copying," a collection of sculptures that play on the repetition of molding to generate new works.
Setting up her studio in Paris, Marina Mankarios continues her research on Greco-Roman statuary and explores questions surrounding memory and the disappearance of historical heritage, playing with material and space to illustrate oblivion, what is missing, and what will forever vanish from our history.
Her works have been exhibited at Dutch Design Week, Sobering Gallery in Paris, and more recently at Villa Gabrielle. In 2023, she joined the Lasource residency and showcased her project at the Musée Rodin in Paris. Since 2021, she has been a member of the collective Le Cercle de l'Art, bringing together emerging French women artists.
To learn more, visit her website and Instagram account.
Her previous work
