Art Basel Paris: Les Herbes folles du vieux logis

The Hôtel de la Marine joins the public programme of the Art Basel Paris 2025 fair and will host Joël Andrianomearisoa's Les Herbes folles du vieux logis (2020-2025), presented by Almine Rech.

Born in 1977 in Antananarivo, Joël Andrianomearisoa works across several mediums including textiles, drawing, sculpture, and installation. 

In his textile works, he underscores the cultural significance of fiber arts in Madagascar, which hold a symbolic role tied to history, memory, and ritual. With vivid colours and dense textures evoking the abundance of the natural world, this monumental work opens onto an imaginary landscape. 

Its title is borrowed from a poetry collection by Maurice Ramarozaka (1931–2010), a Malagasy writer and diplomat who viewed poetry as a way of being and living across multiple geographies. The work belongs to an ongoing series that includes three works now held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Photo credits: Joël Andrianomearisoa, Les Herbes folles du vieux logis, 2020 - 2025, Textile in two panels. Mixed medium, 600 x 355 cm - 236 x 140 in. each,© Studio Joël Andrianomearisoa. Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech.