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Heart<\/em> by Aliciama
23.39″x16.54″; analogue collage; 2025. Image courtesy of the artist. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aliciama: Franxicana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at Librairie La Rencontre and La Cale Maison du Projet in Rennes, France
16 January-28 February 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Aliciama writes, “I am Mexican and I live in France. The plan was to come for one year\u2026 and now four have passed. How much longer? I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s strange, but here I feel more Mexican than I did back home. Being here awakens something deep within me, as if my surroundings were guiding me back to myself, inviting me to recognize and redefine who I am. I tell myself that I want to integrate, that I want to embrace my two nations as if they were one\u2014fusing them until they coexist within me. That way, I won\u2019t feel divided.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Writing in French<\/em> by Aliciama
23.39″x16.54″; analogue collage; 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“I write. Words emerge from within; I want them to speak to me, to explain me. I continue writing, but words are not always enough, and so I turn to graphic expression. What I feel takes shape through images. My hands move, explore, and assemble. There is something\u2014like a magical glue\u2014that unifies my worlds. My body reacts as I create: with some works I laugh; with others, I cry; sometimes my stomach tightens; sometimes I freeze\u2014but most of the time, I enjoy the process. With each and every one of my works, I am transformed\u2026 My art is a way of bringing harmony to what lives within me. To embrace two cultures is, in truth, to embrace myself.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(text adapted from material provided by the artist)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Librairie La Rencontre<\/strong>
8 rue Georges Charpak
35000 Rennes, France
+33 2 99 38 71 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-7:30PM
MAP<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a>

La Cale Maison du Projet<\/strong>
18 avenue Jorge Semprun
35000 Rennes, France
+33 7 86 65 27 54

Hours:
Friday-Sunday, 3PM-7PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAP <\/a> | WEBSITE <\/a>| INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW Aliciama: Franxicana at Librairie La Rencontre and La Cale Maison du Projet in Rennes, France16 January-28 February 2026 Aliciama writes, “I am Mexican and I live in France. The plan was to come for one year\u2026 and…<\/p>\n

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