Marianic Parra

I follow the footsteps of painters who were interested at the end of the 19th century by discovering secrets of living light, namely by laying it on canvas. Referring to the Impressionists, I speak specifically of pointillists and visionnists.
Light is not painted anymore; it is no longer an illusion of light. It is light created. Optically, when Seurat paint a touch of green, he put a touch of blue next to a touch of yellow, and optically at a few meters from the viewer's eye it created green. This green reconstructed by the eye is a brighter green than the green painted, greener than the green obtained by mixing painting. These artists were qualified scientists who relied on Chevreuil techniques; they used all the theories of simultaneous contrasts, etc. They succeeded, for the first time in art history, to optically create Light. It is no more light illusion, but a real light.

It is the beginning of a great adventure which continued by artists of Optical art, and others like Dan Flavin, Soto, etc.

But this living light remained fixed, static, it was not moving; it was posed on canvas.
Dan Flavin, for example, gives us a great chance to look at the light. We are not used to watching light; light fills up space. With t...

Next exhibitions :

Artspace Gallery - Las Vegas (USA) Nov 17, 2017 - January 27, 2018
Verde Art Gallery at Clarkdale - AZ (USA) Jan 16 - Feb 4, 2018
Prescott Art Gallery at Prescott - AZ (USA) Sept 27 - Oct 22, 2018

Exhibitions :

2017 : Art Revolution – Tapei (Taiwan)
2017 : Clio Art Fair - New York City (USA)
2016 : Rotterdam International Art Fair
2016 : "Womens Works 2016 29th Annual Fine Arts Show" at the Old Court House Arts Center in Woodstock, IL (USA)
2016: Group show at ARC's Gallery's "A touch of the Blues" Chicago (USA)
2015: “Soltice » The Haggus Society Los Angeles (USA)
2015: “Connection-Connexion » Living Arts Centre Gallery Mississauga, ON (Canada)
2015: NCA's 60th International Open Exhibit "Bold Expressions 2015" Sacramento Fine Arts Center, CA (USA)
2015 : Cincinnati Art Club's ViewPoint 47 Cincinnati, OH (USA)
2015 : PSC Absolutely abstract show – The Sketch Club Philadelphia (USA)
2015 : Group Show at Mémoire de l’Avenir “Open for inventory” Paris (France)
2015 : Group show at ARC's Gallery's "The Base line : an exhibition on drawing" Chicago (USA)
2015: European Museum of Modern Art – Barcelona 1rst Biennal (Spain)
2015: London Art Biennale (UK)
2011- 2014 : “I have the Right”...