Raphaël Barontini
Raphaël Barontini (b. 1984; Saint-Denis, France; lives and works in Paris) finds inspiration in paying homage to the legacies set by figures of historical movements for liberation. In a style of collage combining photography, silk screen printing, painting, and digital prints, Raphaël Barontini deploys a painting in movement that takes a new look at history while questioning the very status of painting in the museum and public space.
Flags, banners, tapestries and ceremonial capes are superimposed to create large immersive and illuminated scenographies that question the representation of power, its ceremonial and its carnivalesque inversion. For Barontini, challenging the canon of history surrounding cultures and territories that have experienced slavery or colonization remains priority. His work establishes a “counter-history” through the depiction of heroes, both real and imaginary.
As an activation of his textile works, Barontini designed 70 costumes for his performance, Déboulé céleste, a three-movement processional piece. This performance composed of dancers and musicians, depicted the battle between the Moon and the Sun through two mas groups: the skin drum group Choukaj and the snare drum group Bully Mas.
Raphaël Barontini’s work has been exhibited in institutions around the world, including Museum of Arts and Design (New York, USA), SCAD Museum of Art (Savannah, USA), MAC VAL (Vitry-sur-Seine, France), Museum of African Diaspora (San Francisco, USA), The New Art Exchange Museum (Nottingham, UK), Museum of Arts and Design (New York, USA) and the Currier Museum of Art (New Hampshire, USA).
He has also participated in the international biennials of Bamako (Mali), Casablanca (Morocco), Lima (Peru), and Thessaloniki (Greece). In 2020, he was chosen by LVMH Métiers d’Art to complete a residency in Singapore. In 2023, the Centre des Monuments Nationaux offered Raphaël Barontini a Carte Blanche exhibition within the walls of the Pantheon entitled We Could be Heroes.
The artists forthcoming solo exhibition will open in February 2025 at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France.
Un Abrazo
Group Exhibition 8 Feb - 29 Apr 2023Mexico CityThe inaugural group exhibition, Un Abrazo, features new work uniting a selection of represented artists. The exhibition explores the new possibilities of immersion, culture, and sensation that Mexico City represents...Read moreRaphaël Barontini
Blue Lewoz10 Jun - 23 Jul 2022ParisMariane Ibrahim is pleased to present Blue Lewoz, Raphaël Barontini’s second exhibition with the gallery and first in the Parisian space, on view from June 10th to July 23rd, 2022....Read moreLa Vie en Rose
Group Exhibition5 Feb - 19 Mar 2022ChicagoExhibiting Artists: ruby onyinyechi amanze, Raphaël Barontini, Amoako Boafo, M. Florine Démosthène, Maïmouna Guerresi, Mwangi Hutter, Yukimasa Ida, Ayana V. Jackson, Clotilde Jiménez, Shannon T. Lewis, Sergio Lucena, No Martins,...Read moreJ'ai Deux Amours...
Group Exhibition 18 Sep - 13 Oct 2021ParisMariane Ibrahim presents J'ai Deux Amours... , the inaugural exhibition of the gallery’s new space in Paris on Avenue Matignon. On view from September 18 to October 13, 2021, the...Read moreRaphaël Barontini
The Night of the Purple Moon30 Jan - 6 Mar 2021ChicagoMariane Ibrahim presents a solo exhibition with Raphaël Barontini, The Night of the Purple Moon, marking the gallery’s inaugural presentation with the artist and his first solo gallery show in...Read more
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Grégoire Biseau and Jade Le Deley, M Le Monde Magazine, May 17, 2024
M Le Monde MagazineRaphaël Baronitni
Jade Pillaudin, Le Quotidien de l'Art., February 5, 2024
Le Quotidien de l'ArtRaphaël Barontini
Emmanuelle Lequeux, Le Monde, October 19, 2023
Le MondeRaphaël Barontini
Julie Belcove, Robb Report, September 10, 2023
Robb ReportRaphaël Barontini
Ingrid Luquet-Gad, Les Inrockuptibles, February 4, 2023
Les InrockuptiblesRaphaël Barontini
Annie Armstrong, Artnet, October 25, 2022
ArtnetMariane Ibrahim
Brian Ng, Artsy, October 20, 2022
ArtsyRaphaël Barontini
Isaac Crown Manesis, METAL Magazine, June 24, 2022
METAL MagazineRaphaël Barontini
Arnaud Laporte , Affaires Culturelles , June 23, 2022
France CultureMariane Ibrahim
Sarah Belmont, ArtNews, June 15, 2022
ArtNewsMariane Ibrahim
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, April 29, 2022
CNN StyleJ'ai Deux Amours...
Roxana Azimi, Le Monde, September 22, 2021
Le MondeRaphaël Barontini
Gabrielle Kennedy, Damn Magazine, September 20, 2021
DAMN MagazineJ'ai Deux Amours...
RYAN WADDOUPS, Surface Mag, September 16, 2021
Surface MagazineJ'ai Deux Amours...
Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, September 15, 2021
Architectural DigestRapaël Barontini
Patrick Thévenin, i-D France, August 7, 2021
i-DRaphaël Barontini
Roxana Azimi, Le Monde, July 9, 2021
M Magazine of Le MondeMariane Ibrahim & Raphaël Barontini
HILARIE M. SHEETS, Galerie Magazine, September 13, 2020
Galerie MagazineRaphaël Barontini
Eliza Jordan, Whitewall, May 27, 2020
Shares Work From the LVMH Métiers d’Art
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Mariane Ibrahim Publications With contributions by Ekow Eshun, Storm Janse van Rensburg, and Cédric Fauq, 2021PrintedRead more
Publisher: Mariane Ibrahim
ISBN: 978-1-7370425-0-1
Dimensions: 9 x 11.5 in, 22.8 x 29.2 cmSOUKHOS: LVMH Métiers d’Art
Raphaël Barontini with contributions by Jean Baptise Voisin (President of LVMH Metiers d'Art), Mathieu Buard, Léa Chauvel-Lévy, 2020PrintRead more
Publisher: RVB Books
ISBN: 978-2-492-17502-2
Dimensions: 32 x 22 cm; 12.6 x 8.6 inWe Could Be Heroes
Raphaël Barontini With contributions by Patrick Chamoiseau, Cheryl Finley and Mike Ladd, 2024ENGLISHRead more
We Could Be Heroes
Raphaël Barontini I New Publication November 21, 2024Published by JBE Books, Raphaël Barontini releases a new publication on behalf of his solo exhibition We Could Be Heroes at the Panthéon in Paris....Read morePainters’ Day
Raphael Barontini | Musée d'Orsay September 19, 2024Painters’ Day: 80 contemporary painters from the French art scene out to meet with visitors Orchestrated by artist Thomas Lévy-Lasne, an exciting one-day event (Thursday,...Read moreOVERRIDE | A Billboard Project
Raphaël Barontini | OVERRIDE EXPO Chicago April 10, 2024OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project is a citywide collaborative public art initiative between EXPO CHICAGO and the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and...Read moreI live a journey of a thousand years
Raphael Barontini | The Currier Museum March 14, 2024The exhibition title paraphrases a passage from the poem Calendrier lagunaire, published in 1982 by the late Martinican author and politician Aimé Césaire, which reads:...Read moreWe could be heroes
Raphaël Barontini I Panthéon - Centre des Monuments Nationaux July 21, 2023Raphaël Barontini unveiled a major presentation at the Panthéon in Paris on October 19, 2023 and is on view through to February 11, 2024 ....Read moreDithyrambe au centurion
Raphaël Barontini | la Halle - Centre d'art December 7, 2022La Halle is presenting a new solo exhibition of Raphaël Barontini's work, Dithyrambe au centurion, on view from December 13, 2022, to March 4, 2023....Read moreLa Nuit américaine I Villa Albertine
Raphaël Barontini | Musée d'Orsay December 6, 2022To celebrate its first anniversary, Villa Albertine and the Musée d'Orsay co-hosted an exceptional evening on November 17, 2022. During this event, a hundred of...Read moreCerebral Women
Raphaël Barontini | Art Talks Podcast October 12, 2022Raphaël Barontini has newly been featured on the latest episode of the Cerebral Women Art Talks Podcast hosted by Phyllis Hollis, founder of Hollis Advisory....Read moreDust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean & Haiti
Raphaël Barontini | La Ferme du Buisson October 4, 2022The travelling group show Dust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean & Haiti with the work of Raphaël Barontini will...Read moreAnnouncing the 2023 Villa Albertine Residencies
Raphaël Barontini | Villa Albertine June 28, 2022More than 70 international artists and thinkers will pursue customized residencies across the United States, exploring the urgent questions of our time. Villa Albertine is...Read moreGarmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art
Raphaël Barontini | Museum of Arts and Design January 11, 2022The Museum of Arts and Design is delighted to present the very first global survey exhibition dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium...Read moreI Live in a Long Silence
Raphaël Barontini | The Henri Prades Museum October 9, 2021The Henri Prades Museum - Lattara Archaeological Site presents its new contemporary exhibition I Live in a Long Silence, on view until March 7, 2022....Read moreSoukhos
LVMH Metiers d'Art | Studio des Acacias by Mazarine June 30, 2021Selected by LVMH in 2020, Barontini was featured as an artist residence in the heart of the Heng Long tannery in Singapore. The principle of...Read moreCaribbean Fantasia
Raphaël Barontini | Fort Worth Contemporary Arts February 20, 2020To celebrate the opening of Caribbean Fantasia, Barontini is collaborating with the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth and...Read moreMariane Ibrahim to Represent Raphaël Barontini in North America
Raphaël Barontini I Representation December 13, 2019Barontini has been recently named the 2020 artist in resident for The LVMH Métiers d’Art Mariane Ibrahim was delighted to announce the...Read more
Art Basel Paris
16 - 20 Oct 2024Exhibiting artists: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo Djabril BoukhenaÏssi Salah Elmur Patrick Eugène Sol Kordich Yukimasa Ida Shannon T. Lewis Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku...Read moreEXPO Chicago
NAVY PIER11 - 14 Apr 2024Mariane Ibrahim announces the solo presentation of artist Raphaël Barontini in Booth #203 at EXPO Chicago 2024. EXPO Chicago showcases leading contemporary and modern art...Read moreParis+ par Art Basel
19 - 23 Oct 2022BOOTH # E16EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely Peter Uka Mariane Ibrahim is...Read moreArt Basel
14 - 19 Jun 2022BOOTH # R24EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Mwangi Hutter Yukimasa Ida Ayana V. Jackson Clotilde Jiménez Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely...Read moreEXPO CHICAGO
7 - 10 Apr 2022BOOTH # 223EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez No Martins Ian Micheal Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku Our presentation...Read moreArt Basel Miami Beach
2 - 4 Dec 2021BOOTH #D30 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis Ian Micheal Zohra...Read more
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Déboulé Céleste June 21, 2024Raphaël Barontini, 'Déboulé Céleste'. On the occasion of the Nuit Blanche in Paris, Raphaël Barontini created a live performance curated by Claire Tancons and produced by the city of Paris. The performance took place on June 1st, 2024 on the Île aux Cygnes by the Seine river in Paris.Read moreRaphaël Barontini
Blue Lewoz October 27, 2022Blue Léwoz is a new phase in the spectacular web of encounters artist Raphaël Barontini has been creating for several years. It is also the next step in an embodied reflection on Creolization as theorized by Édouard Glissant: that which is practiced in the belly of the plantation – the most iniquitous and sinister world that can be, this thing that is done nevertheless, [which] leaves the “being” flapping with a single wing. Because the “being” is destabilized by the diminution he carries within. He himself affects a consideration of...Read moreRaphaël Barontini
THE NIGHT OF THE PURPLE MOON January 21, 2021Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce a solo exhibition with Raphaël Barontini, The Night of the Purple Moon, marking the gallery’s inaugural presentation with the artist and his first solo gallery show in the United States. The gallery will be transformed into a Galerie des Illustres, an otherworldly environment with large scale portraits on canvas, cloaks, chaps and flags. Fictional heroes and historical reinterpretations embellish subjects from classical and canonical histories: from the Caribbean, Voodoo and magical deities, to function as a way for formerly enslaved humans to hold on...Read more