Vitrinn Gallery presents Memwarfrom May 15 to 31 2026at Le Quartier General in Saint-Pierre, a first exhibition signed by photographer Fabien Vilrus, stylist Nicolas Guichard and curator Aliya Chojoo. Both from Reunion Island, Fabien and Nicolas immersed themselves in the intimacy and passions of Mauritians from Bambous, Tamarin, Coromandel, Pointe-aux-Sables, Rose-Hill and Grand Bassin… Dominique Bellier
Set in a vast rectangle of 300 m2Vitrinn offers a space that is as malleable as you like… so much so that, alongside the forty or so photos hanging on the walls, the artists have reconstructed enn ti lakaz in sheet metal as a social symbol of the culture that unites Mauritians, links them to other Creole peoples and makes them singular. Designed to give a sense of the materials and decor that make up the intimacy of modest families in certain neighborhoods, this installation also evokes certain images taken in La Gaulette or Cité Tamarin…
A series of black-and-white portraits show the smiles of Pinky and her family in Cité Tamarin, the last bastion under siege from new construction. With their warm, saturated colors, the other photographs carry a kind of gravity, due to their vintage aesthetic, dominated by red and yellow. . This brings a timeless sophistication to these snapshots of everyday life : the plastic chair where you “ kas enn poz “, the living room where you avoid sitting down, young women posing, boxing fans or customized cars...
After La Kaz in La Réunion in 2020, Memwar represents the second stage of a long-term project, which proposes “a visual and anthropological exploration of Creole culture on a global scale”. The duo will develop the same questioning in the Caribbean, Cape Verdeand Louisiana.
