Mondriaan Fund

During Art Basel Paris week, the Mondriaan Fund and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Paris present The Space between Breaths at the Atelier Néerlandais, an exhibition of contemporary Dutch artists under the artistic direction of Julia Geerlings.

The exhibition features installations, sculptures, sound works, videos, paintings, textile works and performances by a selection of artists from the Netherlands: Femke Herregraven, Mandy Franca, Chaim van Luit, Nasrin Tabatabai & Babak Afrassiabi, Annabelle Binnerts, Daniel Godínez-Nivón, Iriée Zamblé, Fiona Lutjenhuis and Mette Sterre.

The Space between Breaths: breathing is a universal act, but the conditions in which we live determine how freely we can breathe. Climate change and air pollution affect our health. The pressure of an ever-faster society leaves little space to catch our breath.

And not everyone enjoys the same freedom, the same security or the same access to care and a healthy environment. In The Space between Breaths, breathing is approached not only as a physical reality, but also as a social and political one.

The works show how breathing can function as a metaphor for connection, care, migration, ecology, identity, memory and imagination. Through varied perspectives, the artists explore what breathing reveals about our relationship to others, to our environment and to the future.

The artists The exhibition brings together works that address themes such as climate, health, inclusion, vulnerability and resilience.

Thus, Nasrin Tabatabai & Babak Affrasiabi explore in Labour Lung the way in which breathing is not only a biological function, but also a space where work, exploitation, dependence and technological control converge.