Vanessa Winship - She dances on Jackson

Vanessa Winship — She dances on Jackson

Exhibition from 18 November 2022 to 11 January 2023
Galerie Le Carré d’Art – Centre Culturel Pôle Sud
1 rue de la Conterie – 35131 Chartres de Bretagne

November 18th 2022
Opening and meeting with Vanessa Winship hosted by the journalist Brigitte Patient

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For more than a year, Vanessa Winship travelled the United States, from California to Virginia, from New Mexico to Montana, in search of the American dream. She dances on Jackson reads like a conversation, a poetic and rhythmic interplay between landscapes and portraits that explore the vastness of the United States, aiming to understand the bond that is created between a territory and its inhabitants.

“I go home at the end of a day spent walking the streets. When I arrive at the dock in Jackson, a crowd is milling around a band. Not far away, I see a small group, two women and two young girls, standing. I try to guess if they are related. I get proof of this when the taller of the two girls puts her hand on the neck of one of the women, seeking her approval, with this silent and intimate gesture from daughter to mother. The latter agrees with a calmness that suggests she is used to allowing this kind of thing. The daughter moves towards the music. She walks with ease to the centre of the circle, which opens up as if the crowd were waiting for her to come. Her body moves freely, with no posing effects or adult parody. It is a dance of her own invention, entirely spontaneous. The moment continues for several more minutes, without the girl losing her breath or her rhythm, and the crowd shows its affection by surrounding the stage with a protective circle. When the train arrives, the girl’s mother stuffs a crumpled stack of cash into the hand of one of the musicians and they jump on the train.” – Vanessa Winship, Chicago, November 2012.