Trivium | Group Exhibition

November 2020 - January 2021 | Club House Gammarth

Trivium is a visual arts exhibition bringing together three artists with different approaches, united by a particular interest in paper both as a support and as a material. “Trivium” in Greek refers to the crossroads of three paths, spontaneously created by locals far from administrative planning. Each artist conducts original research, developing unique techniques and modes of production, far from the beaten track.

Mohamed Amine Hamouda, based in Gabès, engages directly against the aggressiveness of chemical factories and the pollution affecting his city. Creating all his materials himself—from support to medium—the artist, like an alchemist, transforms whatever nature offers him into experimental formulas. He makes his papers from plant fibers, his dyes from natural colorants, and his works from all that is authentic in his surroundings.

Najah Zarbout uses paper as both support and material. Her compositions, aligning paper peaks, evoke terrestrial or marine landscapes, with a purity reminiscent of East Asian prints. Accented with puppet-like figures, the serene landscapes gain a dimension of uncertainty, anchoring meaning in contemporary questions and freeing the poetic charge of each work.

Oussema Troudi, a prolific artist, presents here series using various techniques, all sharing the theme of recycling. Since his student years experimenting with paper reuse, recovery has shaped his practice, allowing works, long in the making, to reveal themselves in a single gesture—on a sieve for vegetal sheets or on canvas through prints and splashes.

The journey envisioned by this exhibition offers a poetic experience both precise and synthetic. It artistically transcribes a Tunis-Sousse-Gabès trip, reflecting the practical involvement of art educators, each living, drawing, and creating as an artist along this route.

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