With the artists: Evan Barbedette, Jules Boillot, Heloïse Farago, Alix Leboucher, Paul Lemaître and Lila Vignot.
“Hidden behind a tree, sheltered by a bush, cramped in the alcove of a gloomy building or within your own silhouette, galloping in search of your goal, be careful not to put your elbows on the table. Welcome to this escapade where the unreal world of six illustrators will sweep you away into their dreams, their utopias, and their memories. This is not a call to vigilance but rather an invitation to bend down and contemplate. Leave your bearings at the entrance and don't expect them to be returned.”
Through The Lock, conceived as a carte blanche for the DdD Collective, six artists from the emerging contemporary drawing scene—Alix Le Boucher, Héloïse Farago, Jules Boillot, Lila Vignot, Paul Lemaitre, and Evan Barbedette—are brought together to create a shared landscape.
Like a cabinet of curiosities, the exhibition brings together the unique styles of illustrators discovered within the French-language fanzine scene and scattered across the country. Whether depicting medieval scenes, images from video games, or domestic elements within the exhibition space, the works presented are as much drawings as they are invitations to immerse ourselves in them. "Through the Lock" highlights the role of the visitor behind the fourth wall of images, confining them to the position of spectator, even spy, due to the impossibility of verifying their welcome or rejection through the drawing. So, lean in, move on, or take the time to bear witness to the scenes before your eyes.
While the motif appears in the exhibition space as punctuation, this is without taking into account the rhythm imposed by the different forms of the media. The artists here offer a vision that reinvents the quadrilateral form, using found, cut, torn, and assembled materials. Through a vibrant, sometimes acidic palette, the exhibited works evoke both a certain unease and an emancipatory freedom.
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The DdD collective was founded in 2022 by Clémentine Taupin, Clément Morlé, and Antoine Graff while they were students at the ENSAD in Nancy.
Motivated by the desire to create a collective edition of drawings based on the reinterpretation of audiovisual excerpts, they launched an annual magazine called Cristal Liquide. The project expanded to include a total of about ten artists from the same school, hence the name DdD, meaning the Ten Artists.
Starting with the second issue, the collective began inviting emerging artists from other schools within the Francophone world and established an artistic direction that fostered an interest in drawing practices, bringing together around ten artists producing diverse aesthetics. The second issue thus focused on highly saturated, color-saturated drawings, leaving the tool marks visible (felt-tip pens, colored pencils, pastels, ballpoint pens, etc.). The third and most recent issue, published in 2025, features visual artists whose drawing practice explores the ambiguity between surface and volume.
With the aim of serving as a platform for dissemination, the collective regularly attends art fairs to sell its productions and promote the work of the invited artists. Having gradually moved away from comics and towards contemporary art, the magazine now uses publishing to forge connections between these two worlds. Since the works created for the book may be exhibited, the book then acquires the dual role of drawing journal/exhibition catalogue
Through The Lock, conceived as a carte blanche for the DdD Collective, six artists from the emerging contemporary drawing scene—Alix Le Boucher, Héloïse Farago, Jules Boillot, Lila Vignot, Paul Lemaitre, and Evan Barbedette—are brought together to create a shared landscape.
Like a cabinet of curiosities, the exhibition brings together the unique styles of illustrators discovered within the French-language fanzine scene and scattered across the country. Whether depicting medieval scenes, images from video games, or domestic elements within the exhibition space, the works presented are as much drawings as they are invitations to immerse ourselves in them. "Through the Lock" highlights the role of the visitor behind the fourth wall of images, confining them to the position of spectator, even spy, due to the impossibility of verifying their welcome or rejection through the drawing. So, lean in, move on, or take the time to bear witness to the scenes before your eyes.
While the motif appears in the exhibition space as punctuation, this is without taking into account the rhythm imposed by the different forms of the media. The artists here offer a vision that reinvents the quadrilateral form, using found, cut, torn, and assembled materials. Through a vibrant, sometimes acidic palette, the exhibited works evoke both a certain unease and an emancipatory freedom.
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The DdD collective was founded in 2022 by Clémentine Taupin, Clément Morlé, and Antoine Graff while they were students at the ENSAD in Nancy.
Motivated by the desire to create a collective edition of drawings based on the reinterpretation of audiovisual excerpts, they launched an annual magazine called Cristal Liquide. The project expanded to include a total of about ten artists from the same school, hence the name DdD, meaning the Ten Artists.
Starting with the second issue, the collective began inviting emerging artists from other schools within the Francophone world and established an artistic direction that fostered an interest in drawing practices, bringing together around ten artists producing diverse aesthetics. The second issue thus focused on highly saturated, color-saturated drawings, leaving the tool marks visible (felt-tip pens, colored pencils, pastels, ballpoint pens, etc.). The third and most recent issue, published in 2025, features visual artists whose drawing practice explores the ambiguity between surface and volume.
With the aim of serving as a platform for dissemination, the collective regularly attends art fairs to sell its productions and promote the work of the invited artists. Having gradually moved away from comics and towards contemporary art, the magazine now uses publishing to forge connections between these two worlds. Since the works created for the book may be exhibited, the book then acquires the dual role of drawing journal/exhibition catalogue
Opening times
Opening times
From 11 February 2026 until 25 April 2026
From 11 February 2026 until 25 April 2026
Wednesday
14:00 - 19:00
Thursday
14:00 - 19:00
Friday
14:00 - 19:00
Saturday
14:00 - 19:00
