Accords et dissonances, elles s'exposent

Accords et dissonances, elles s'exposent is a two-person exhibition of work by Safaa Erruas and Ghislaine Portalis at the Galerie Delacroix in Tangier. The gallery belongs to the Institut français de Tanger and stands at 86 rue de la Liberté. Curated by Nadine Gayet Descendre, it runs from 30 October to 30 December 2026, with an opening on Friday 30 October at 7.30pm. Entry is free. The show sets installation work by the two artists side by side: Erruas works with thread and white, while Portalis builds installations around domestic and intimate subjects.

The common thread is softness and the contradictions it can hold. In the institute's account, fragility turns into a kind of strength, and delicate things give way to unease, disquiet and at times something that cannot be repaired. The pairing is framed as a conversation between two separate bodies of work. It is meant to bring out echoes as much as contrasts, touching on poetry, fragility, memory and tension.

Erruas was born in Tétouan in 1976 and graduated from the city's Institute of Fine Arts in 1998. She still lives and works in Tétouan. Her sculptures and installations are dominated by white. Paper and fabrics tied to traditional Moroccan dressmaking are pierced or interrupted by metal: pins, needles, wire and razor blades. Here the institute names Continuum, a work in which thread, white and the artist's gesture shape the gallery itself. Visitors are invited to walk into the piece and take it in with the body as well as the eye. Galerie Delacroix gave her a solo show, Prémonitions, in 2008. In 2009 The Moon Inside of Me took the Biennale award at the Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries. She is a member of Collectif 212.

Portalis takes softness somewhere less easy to read. Her installations, as the institute presents them, turn to private life, the home and the feminine. They also look at the quiet, untold stories of cruelty that can sit inside those settings. Shown together in the Tangier gallery, the two practices meet on shared ground while keeping their own distinct approaches.