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Rieu Gilles

TOULOUSE, Midi-Pyrénées , France

ART AS A FORMULATION OF DESIRE Painting is a manifesto, a pictorial concretion showing something of...

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Rieu Gilles

Joined In 2014

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About the artist

Rieu Gilles

Joined In 2014

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(9 Followers)

ABOUT
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RECOGNITION

ART AS A FORMULATION OF DESIRE
Painting is a manifesto, a pictorial concretion showing something of the artist's commitment
in the world. I chose to indulge totally in this experience when I was 40. From "The
emergence of darkness" (L'émergence des ténèbres) to "The mad wisdom of love" (La folle
sagesse de l’amour), my painting is imbued with humankind, with the voyage that is each
encounter. This path is the one I draw like a possible formulation of my desire, since living
and painting have become the only and imperious way to be.
After spending years satisfying my hunger for foreign places, now I want to continue the
intensity of this adventure in France and go meet contemporary art lovers. Painting is a
pleasure that is shared because it assumes there is a beyond: the other, whether it be a man or
a woman, who is also fascinated and attracted by the expression of that uniqueness that
echoes in her/him.....The presence of writing in my works, with the same creative power as painting conveys the
strength of what animates me, just like as many possibilities to express themselves in a
language that belong to them. Following the example of prehistoric men who needed to leave
trace of their existence, when I am alone in ...

Curriculum vitae
2015
--Exposition dans le cadre des 16èmes Rencontres des Chercheurs en Didactique de la
littérature : ESPE Midi-Pyrénées,Toulouse
- Création de 4 toiles communes sur le thème de la poïètique et performances au sein du
groupe de 5 plasticiens "le Cartel des peintres", Toulouse
2014
-Lancement du livre « Sur les pas des treize toiles » à la librairie Floury (Toulouse)
à partir de la série de toiles faites avec Cécile Rieu
-Aboutissement d'une série de 20 grands formats en noir et blanc débutée en 2010 et
réalisée avec Jocelyn Gasse (Québec) à mon atelier de New York sur des paysages urbains
2013
- Mac 2000 ,Paris
- Expo au Musée d’Art Moderne du Redtory ;Guangzhou (Canton) Chine
2012
- Expo Yèvre le Châtel : Cécile & Gilles Rieu
- Mac 2000 ,Paris
2011
- Studio open door , New York (USA) depuis 2004
- Galerie Bulles d’Art,Toulouse
- Galerie Lisette Alibert ; Paris
2010
- Séjours atelier New York / USA, et réalisations de commandes
2009
- Exposition Galerie Artbeatus 138 Queens road central Hong Kong
- Exposition galerie Lavagna Saint Paul de Vence France
- Séjours ateliers New York / USA
2008
- Séjours et résidence à Hong Kong et Guangzhou (Chine):
réalisation carnet d’artiste multimédia ...

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