In "Madeleine / True Love Made Me," Inès Di Folco Jemni combines warm earthy tones with abstract shapes and faded text, creating a layered composition. The painting depicts a reclining figure against a backdrop of enigmatic words and colors, suggesting a narrative of intimacy and introspection. The style is a mixture of figurative and abstract with an ethereal quality, emphasizing the ephemeral nature of presence. Jemni's work here alludes to themes of ancestry and spiritual connection, engaging with myths and rituals beyond a Western perspective. ...
Inès Di Folco Jemni’s work explores notions of exile, motherhood and the afterlife, and highlights myths and ritual practices around the world. The works invoke past lives, calling for the appari- tion of ancestors and spirits, combining care and gentleness in a ceremonial manner. Through figurative and abstract processes, playing on the disappearance or accumulation of forms, the works reveal ectoplasmic presences. Through her representations and references,
Inès Di Folco Jemni proposes new narratives, both personal and historical, outside the hegemonic Western gaze.
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