12 The Gallery

Sector Inception
https://www.constellation.re
12lagalerie@constellation.re
+262693112186

12 rue Sainte-Marie, 97400 Saint-Denis, Reunion Island

Presentation of the gallery

Located in Saint-Denis de La Réunion, 12 La Galerie is more than just an exhibition space.
Founded by the Constellation association in 2021, it is the result of a long-standing ambition, driven by one observation: the lack of spaces dedicated to contemporary art on the island.
After eight years of itinerant and ephemeral exhibitions in the public space, the association has finally found a venue that enables it to develop its project: to offer a distribution space for Reunionese artists and democratize contemporary art.
> We produce 4 original exhibitions a year, paying particular attention to young artists and first solo shows
> All works produced are for sale on our website, giving greater visibility to the island's creative talent.

According to Beaux-Arts Magazine: "one of the few galleries on the island (and the only one!) to champion the young local contemporary scene with such (communicative) energy".

Présentation du projet

The works we present offer a singular portrait of the island of La Réunion. An island born 3 million years ago from the emergence of an underground volcano, but not inhabited until the 17th century.

The artists reappropriate the island's heritage, reinventing it and embracing a modernity that draws on the territory's living sources:
Juliette Dennemont revisits the work of Antoine Louis Roussin, the famous 19th-century lithographer who immortalized Reunion landscapes. In the same vein, Emma Di Orio reinterprets the island's luxuriant nature through a universe populated by abundant vegetation and strange creatures. Stéphanie Hoareau explores the family stories that keep the island's heart beating. Kid Kréol & Boogie interrogate myths and popular beliefs, while Chloé Robert, true to her ecofeminist vein, questions the place of the living, the body and gesture; and La Troisième Main looks at the way in which man makes his way towards nature and appropriates its territory.

Artists