Ormi Artist

Metaphysics of the everyday

The exhibition "Photon" proposed by the artist ORMI, propels us immediately and with an apparent simplicity, in the heart of the cosmos. But of a cosmos made even more sublime, dilated, over-signified through a superposition of references, which are revealed little by little, by stages and successive layers. Throughout this "Photon" series, it is a true sidereal contemplation.

But what planet does ORMI come from and what galaxy does he live in? After a first life as an artistic director, ORMI deserted the advertising microcosm to return to his initial vocation as a visual artist, passionate and in love with painting. Painting as an object and material, worked in a timeless, physical, almost organic relationship. Thus, like an alchemist in search of absolute artistic transmutation, ORMI constantly engages in secret experiments, playing with pigments and chemical treatments, constantly seeking to push back the material limits of what can be seen on canvas.

At first glance, the subject matter is confusing. The use of the technique of gold leaf backgrounds refers to the tradition of the Byzantine icon, thus reviving the sacred archaeological function of art and the artist. The proposal asserts itsel...

ERBK Gallery
64 rue Mazarine 75006 Paris