EDENS

In 2020, during a world halted by lockdown, Jean-Baptiste Huynh lived in full immersion with a flower-adorned ethnic group in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. This experience gave rise to Flower Children, a series of portraits and body studies unlike any other in his oeuvre, accompanied by the film Magarati, which he directed. This body of work led to the bold and immersive exhibition Edens, held in a previously abandoned location: the Hôtel de Guise, an 18th-century private mansion transformed by the artist into a poetic, timeless space. From the very entrance, visitors are immersed in this timeless place, imbued with contemporary romanticism, where a sense of contemplation and meditation prevails.