Métro Time

All society is reflected in the metro, but not created their, you just have to observe by the time being, during your travels

Metro time - metrography of Souls

( Version française en bas de la page)

Metrography of Souls – An urban journey through motion, solitude, and unexpected encounters. Works by Shakêd Adiv, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, exhibited in France and abroad, included in public and private collections.

Metrography of Souls is not just a catalogue; it maps suspended moments and urban silences. Shakêd Adiv, a Franco-Israeli artist trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, explores suspended time, urban solitude, and fragmented memory. Her works have been exhibited in France and abroad, and are included in public and private collections.

Each train, platform, and staircase becomes a social theater: a mix of ages and backgrounds, legal passersby and marginal ones, workers and visitors. The apparent overcrowding transforms into a living choreography where anonymity and fleeting connection coexist.

Painting, collage, photography, and digital art combine to capture the ephemeral. Blurred silhouettes, crowded or empty platforms, and fragments of faces reveal movement, stillness, and the complexity of human interactions.

For some, leaving the subway brings relief; for others, entering offers protection. For all, it is an in-between space, precious like an urban sunrise or sunset, opening a door to the unknown.

Flipping through this catalogue is to descend within oneself, traverse personal galleries, and follow the light at the end of the tunnel. Welcome to this journey of souls, where each page is a pause and each image a breath.

Métrographie des Âmes – Une traversée urbaine entre mouvement, solitude et rencontres inattendues. Œuvres de Shakêd Adiv, formée aux Beaux-Arts de Paris, exposée en France et à l’étranger, présente dans des collections publiques et privées.

Métrographie des Âmes n’est pas qu'un catalogue : c’est une cartographie des instants suspendus et des silences urbains.

Shakêd Adiv, artiste franco-israélienne formée à l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, explore ici le temps suspendu, la solitude urbaine et la mémoire fragmentée.

Les œuvres de Shakèd ADIV ont été exposées en France et à l’étranger, et font partie de collections publiques et privées.

Dans sa série "métro time, méthrographie des âmes", chaque rame, chaque quai, chaque escalier devient un théâtre social : mélange d’âges et de milieux, passants légaux ou marginaux, travailleurs ou visiteurs. La surpopulation apparente se transforme en chorégraphie vivante où anonymat et connexion fugace cohabitent.

Peinture, collage, photographie et art numérique se mêlent pour capter l’éphémère. Les silhouettes floues, les quais bondés ou vides et les fragments de visages révèlent le mouvement, l’immobilité et la complexité des relations humaines.

La sortie du métro est pour certains un soulagement, l’entrée pour d’autres une protection. Pour tous, c’est un entre-deux précieux, comme un lever ou un coucher de soleil urbain, qui nous ouvre une porte vers l’inconnu.

Feuilleter ce catalogue, c’est descendre en soi-même, traverser ses propres galeries et se laisser guider par la lumière qui perce au bout du tunnel. Bienvenue dans cette traversée des âmes, où chaque page est une halte et chaque image un souffle.

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Image from the Métro Time photography project
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Voici une version corrigée et un peu plus naturelle de ta phrase :On my way to the visit, I was holding a flower gift and let my friend know that I was almost there, just a few more metro stations away.60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Image from the Métro Time photography project
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At the beginning of the trip, my grandfather honored me with a 4 o’clock meal. We started eating once we reached our metro seats. Since we had many stations to pass, I enjoyed my meal and my grandfather’s company, cherishing the moment to create good memories, as long as he could manage to offer it to me.60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Image from the Métro Time photography project
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While saving time between metro stations, I checked my messages, answered a few of them, and reminded my friends about the weekend meal menu. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - This is COVID time. I can observe but certainly do not approach . 60/40 cm on canvas
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This is COVID time. I can observe but certainly do not approach . 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Time at the metro. 60/40 cm on canvas
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Time at the metro. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - So tired ,coming back from work by the metro . 60/40 cm on canvas
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So tired ,coming back from work by the metro . 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Conversation .  60/40 cm on canvas
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Conversation . 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Intimate moments . 60/40 cm on canvas
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Intimate moments . 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Going to preform.    60/40 cm on canvas
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Going to preform. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Checking out the metro exchange.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Checking out the metro exchange. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Lights from computer and a nice day lights.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Lights from computer and a nice day lights. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Full metro time.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Full metro time. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Life in me, in the book and all a round.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Life in me, in the book and all a round. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Traveling and observing. 60/40 cm on canvas
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Traveling and observing. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - One more message before taking the metro.  60/40 cm on canvas
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One more message before taking the metro. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Last word befor getting out of the metro.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Last word befor getting out of the metro. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - COVID time and distance while travelling. 60/40 cm on canvas
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COVID time and distance while travelling. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Important message before I get out of the metro.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Important message before I get out of the metro. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Getting the last metro.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Getting the last metro. 60/40 cm on canvas

© Shakêd ADIV Ginsbourg Aviezer - Programming the trajectory.  60/40 cm on canvas
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Programming the trajectory. 60/40 cm on canvas