Exhibition “Repairing the Invisible”, Justin Palermo

Passage Sainte-Croix, 9 Rue de la Baclerie

Moved by the experience of grief, Justin Palermo explores what remains after absence. He works from memories, everyday objects, damaged or broken items to give them a second life. Playing with the fragility of gathered elements, he mends, transforms, and poems familiar and anonymous narratives. His delicate, meticulous creations seem as absurd as sources of wonder. They reveal and magnify the invisible. Justin Palermo occupies the entirety of Passage Sainte-Croix. In the exhibition rooms as well as in the passageways, he focuses on what usually goes unnoticed: details of architecture, light p…