Christophe Person Opens New Gallery with Abstraction Show at Former Jean Fournier Space
Galerie Christophe Person has moved from the Marais to 22 rue du Bac, Paris, taking over the historic space previously occupied by Galerie Jean Fournier for nearly seventy years. The inaugural exhibition, "Matière à abstraction – Écho à l’histoire d’un lieu" (running until June 13, 2026), features works by Joseph Ntensibe, Donald Wasswa, Mamadou Cissé, Tiffanie Delune, and Paul Ndema. The show deliberately engages with the site's legacy of modern abstraction while presenting contemporary African and diaspora artists as integral to global art history, not as peripheral or exotic. Christophe Person aims to reposition African contemporary art on equal footing with international movements, using abstraction as a shared language across cultural contexts.
Key facts
- Galerie Christophe Person relocated from the Marais to 22 rue du Bac, Paris.
- The new space was formerly Galerie Jean Fournier, a major abstraction gallery for 70 years.
- Inaugural exhibition is titled 'Matière à abstraction – Écho à l’histoire d’un lieu'.
- Exhibition runs until June 13, 2026.
- Artists featured: Joseph Ntensibe, Donald Wasswa, Mamadou Cissé, Tiffanie Delune, Paul Ndema.
- The show dialogues with the site's history of abstraction.
- Galerie Christophe Person focuses on African and diaspora contemporary art.
- The exhibition argues for African art as part of global art history, not as exotic or other.
Entities
Artists
- Joseph Ntensibe
- Donald Wasswa
- Mamadou Cissé
- Tiffanie Delune
- Paul Ndema
- Jean Fournier
- Christophe Person
Institutions
- Galerie Christophe Person
- Galerie Jean Fournier
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Marais
- 22 rue du Bac
- Rive Gauche