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Random ambitions devotions passions atractions and emotions
2022

Medium
oil pastel
Measurements
29.0 × 19.6 cm (image) 35.8 × 24.7 cm (image and text) 40.0 × 30.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Jol Andria(…illeg.). 2022
Accession Number
2023.257
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Wendy and Paul Bonnici and family, and Michael and Emily Tong, 2023
© Joël Andrianomearisoa
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work

Joël Andrianomearisoa’s work is informed by his Madagascan heritage, a country of diverse cultural influences. His works encompass a multidisciplinary approach, including sculpture, textile and drawing. Giving form to abstract narrations, he depicts texts that are often ambiguous, and are considered an ongoing series of exercises. He seeks to explore the aesthetic and architectural form of emotions and feelings, that, while they are universally felt, do not have a name.