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The first US solo museum exhibition of New York City-based artist Julien Ceccaldi (French/Canadian, b. 1987) features a newly commissioned large-scale painting that transforms the first-floor MoMA PS1 galleries at an architectural scale, casting visitors into a distorted episode drawn from the experience of everyday digital subjugation and hyperconsumerism. Ceccaldi exploits techniques common to both the animation studio and the Italian Renaissance, including trompe l’oeil, overlay, and freeze frame.
With a fatalistic and genre-bending style—influenced by his early exposure to anime that aired on France Télévisions in the 1990s, the transgressive shōjo manga of the Year 24 group, and the autobiographical comics of Aline Kominsky-Crumb—Ceccaldi’s work amalgamates the discomfort, melodrama, and romance of contemporary social life into shrewdly observed drawing, painting, and sculpture. Despite the smooth circulation promised by slick media technologies, Ceccaldi’s work maintains a handmade quality that mirrors the conflicting feelings of his characters.
The exhibition is organized by Kari Rittenbach, Assistant Curator, MoMA PS1.
Learn more about the exhibition on our website.
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Julien Ceccaldi. Excerpt from the comic Last Call. 2024. Courtesy the artist.
Julien Ceccaldi. Excerpt from the comic Simon’s Thumb. 2024. Courtesy the artist.
Julien Ceccaldi. Hay’dée. 2024. Acrylic on OHP sheets and watercolor on art paper. Courtesy Galerie Tenko Presents, Tokyo. Photo: Yohei Watanabe
Julien Ceccaldi. Brunch Date. Acrylic on OHP sheet and art paper. 2024. Courtesy Galerie Tenko Presents, Tokyo. Photo: Yohei Watanabe
Julien Ceccaldi. Makeup Guru. 2024. Acrylic and watercolor on canvas. Courtesy Galerie Tenko Presents, Tokyo. Photo: Yohei Watanabe