SALON AMOURS VII | GALERIE ESPACE TEMPS | PARIS (FRANCE)
Love, as if it were raining. 575 applications, we'd be overjoyed with fewer. Indeed, art doesn't fade as quickly as love. You can't say that love is very trendy; the love and peace of the beatniks are no longer in vogue; we're more in the realm of sex and kill, assaults, pedophilia, and abuse of all kinds.
Perhaps love is a value in peril, an outdated notion, gone as it appeared; unless it has become clandestine, more secret than sex and religion. Some claim to be in a polyamorous relationship, religions are having a field day: everyone loudly proclaims themselves "Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist…"; you'd think you were watching a football championship, but saying "I love you" is another matter. Being insulted on social media happens, but "I love you" is nowhere to be found; of course, there are heart-shaped emoticons, but you see just as many of those on plates of pasta with gorgonzola or beauty creams.
Love seems taboo and old-fashioned, a souvenir that can only be found in the bazaars of the Saint-Ouen flea market, and even then, there are also counterfeits.
The works of the artists of Amours VII belong to several forms of current art, to very diverse trends; however, they speak of love and, in fact, this salon on love is not a proposition, but an affirmation because "without love, we are nothing at all".
Laurent Quénéhen, curator of Amours VII
Open from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th April 2026, from 02:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.; on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 07:00 p.m. Private view on Wednesday 15th April 2026 at 06:00 p.m. Free entrance Galerie Espace Temps ➢ 98 rue Quincampoix, 75003 Paris, France
