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Roxane Mbanga
France / Cameroun / Guadeloupe, b. 1996

Roxane Mbanga France / Cameroun / Guadeloupe, b. 1996

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Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, le salon #2 (living room #2), 2024
Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, le salon #2 (living room #2), 2024
Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, le salon #2 (living room #2), 2024
Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, le salon #2 (living room #2), 2024
Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, le salon #2 (living room #2), 2024
Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, le salon #2 (living room #2), 2024

Roxane Mbanga France / Cameroun / Guadeloupe, b. 1996

NOIRES, le salon #2 (living room #2), 2024
Immersive installation featuring a video and murals by the artist, with poster created in collaboration with designer Marthe Nachtmann
Floor space: approx. 430 x 375 cm (169 x 147 in)
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, salon #1 (living room #1), 2022
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, salon #1 (living room #1), 2022
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Roxane Mbanga, NOIRES, salon #1 (living room #1), 2022
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Salon #2 is a space for rest, care, and quiet attention. At the entrance, a printed curtain featuring two women bathing marks the threshold. The air is scented with incense....
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Salon #2 is a space for rest, care, and quiet attention. At the entrance, a printed curtain featuring two women bathing marks the threshold. The air is scented with incense. Visitors are welcomed into a calm, intentionally slowed-down atmosphere.

The floor is scattered with poufs where people can sit or lie down. Books, ludo, dominoes, tea, and cold water are available, and visitors are encouraged to take their time—reading, resting, chatting, playing, or simply being present.


Three televisions screen the film Traverser la Tempête (Weathering the Storm), created in 2024 between Abidjan and Dakar. In the Abidjan scenes, a woman walks through the city wearing boubous from the Naked Underneath project, filmed in soft, grainy black-and-white Super 8. Her movement is accompanied by the artist’s voice, sharing the migration story of her family.


In the Dakar segments, Senegalese and Sénégauloise women describe their everyday lives—offering personal stories that together form a collective portrait of the city. Each television is paired with headphones, while a fourth set plays an interview in which the artist reflects on her creative process.


The walls are covered with a multimedia mural developed from four drawing sessions held in The Outdoor Bathroom installation. During these sessions, the artist was drawn by other women while performing daily self-care rituals: combing her hair, washing, tending to her body. The resulting images were combined into a large-scale composition using painting, batik fabric on canvas, and stills from Super 8 footage. Painted suns—an emblematic motif in the artist’s practice—appear throughout the piece.


To protect the space’s intimacy, the front window is covered in custom wallpaper made from four posters designed with graphic designer Marthe Nachtmann. Each one corresponds to one of the life-drawing sessions. Seen from the street, the posters hint at what’s happening inside while keeping it visually shielded. They mark a porous boundary between public and private—between what is shared and what remains held back.


Le Salon #2 de NOIRES est un espace de repos et de soin. À l’entrée, un rideau imprimé représentant deux femmes se lavant le corps marque le seuil. L’encens parfume l’air. Le visiteur est invité à entrer dans un espace calme, pensé pour ralentir.

Au sol, des poufs permettent de s’asseoir ou de s’allonger. Des jeux (ludo, dominos), une sélection de livres, du thé et de l’eau fraîche sont mis à disposition. On peut y passer du temps librement : lire, dormir, discuter, jouer ou simplement observer.


Trois télévisions diffusent le film Traverser la Tempête, réalisé en 2024 entre Abidjan et Dakar. À Abidjan, une femme vêtue de boubous issus du projet Naked Underneath marche dans la ville, filmée en Super 8 noir et blanc. Sa déambulation est accompagnée par la voix de l’artiste, qui raconte l’histoire migratoire de sa famille. À Dakar, des femmes sénégalaises et sénégauloises témoignent de leur quotidien, tissant une cartographie intime de la ville. Chaque télévision est reliée à un casque audio. Un quatrième casque diffuse une interview dans laquelle l’artiste évoque sa démarche.


Les murs du salon sont recouverts d’une fresque conçue à partir de quatre sessions de dessin menées dans La salle de bain. L’artiste y a été représentée en train d’effectuer des gestes de soin. Ces dessins ont ensuite été recomposés en une fresque mêlant peinture, textile (batik sur châssis) et images en Super 8. Des soleils peints, motif récurrent dans son travail, ponctuent la composition.


Pour préserver l’intimité du salon, la vitrine donnant sur la rue est recouverte de papier peint composé de quatre posters, conçus avec la graphiste Marthe Nachtmann. Chaque poster correspond à l’une des sessions de modèle vivant. Visibles depuis la rue, ils signalent des moments d’intimité tout en les protégeant du regard. Ce dispositif joue sur la frontière entre intérieur et extérieur, entre visibilité et intimité.

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