rile* is pleased to welcome you to LINE, an exhibition of in situ drawings and poems by Vava Dudu.

Vava Dudu's work deals with poetry and has a personal post-cubist approach to drawing. She writes and draws on a wide array of material supports, her practice is one of expanded publishing; through clothing, painting and performance. The language of Dudu's work presents a completely developed chart of recurrent signs: fingers surrounded by long breasts, hearts and crying faces with widely open mouths. Her work is a candid song for contemporary urban life, in its poetics and energy.

[18:00-21:30] Exhibition opening
[19:00] Performance by Vava Dudu

Vava Dudu (born 1970 in Paris) is a multidisciplinary French artist of Martinican origin. In 1998, she worked with Fabrice Lorrain after graduating from the Parisian fashion school Fleuri Delaporte. Marilyn Manson, Bjork, Neneh Cherry, Kate Moss, Lady Gaga and John Galliano are clients and the Galliera museum exhibits their models. Dudu is the lead singer of the neo-punk band La Chatte. She has exhibited her clothes in showrooms around Europe and her catwalks are an anthem to the underground. She created the motifs and music for the Courrèges fashion show in 2019. Her work has been presented in major group exhibitions and performances in Palais de Tokyo (FR), Le Confort Moderne (FR), Bozar (BE) and Lafayette Anticipations (FR).