Daniel Mourre

Daniel Mourre shows the excesses of human societies and the need for rapid change to avoid the inevitable outbreak of extreme situations, and to confront the programmed finitude of Man caused by a damaged nature.

To represent man's impact on his environment, Daniel Mourre has created the propagations and impregnations series, following the example of César and his compressions and expansions series. In contrast to Christo, who packed his works to show them, Daniel Mourre unwraps a manhole cover placed on a canvas stamped with his rusty imprint to show its absence.

To do this, the artist positions himself as an archaeologist of the very distant future, discovering traces and fossils of the Anthropocene era.

The manhole, which the artist sees as a symbol of industrial human civilization, is thus explored through a variety of techniques. By virtue of its antinomy, the object serves to highlight the extremes observed in our society. The consequence is the appearance of rust resulting from the destruction of metal, the foundation of our contemporary society.

His works can be seen as the fossilized imprints of an industrial era that has lost its meaning and destroyed itself. In their total contemporaneity, the pieces he presents are ...

Daniel MOURRE was born in Avignon in 1963. Through his work, he aims to show the excesses of human society and the need for major change.

He is a true autodidact in all his arts.
He began creating art mirrors in the late 90s, for which he was awarded the 1st prize for excellence by the Chambre des Métiers de l'Hérault. He has notably supplied the boutiques of the Château de Versailles and Musée d'Orsay national museums. At the same time, he has been developing sculptures known as ovoids. In 2006, he presented them in Montpellier's Place de la Comédie as part of a solo exhibition financed by the Occitanie region. His works are also sold to young contemporary artists at the Drouot Paris auction house.

For some ten years now, he has been devoting his creative energies to his latest artistic practice. With his works, he takes part in numerous exhibitions and artistic events. He was selected for the Biennale Hors Norme de Lyon in 2021, then presented by the Salon Comparaison at the Grand Palais in Paris in early 2022. At the end of 2022, he exhibited at the Poulet art center in Gruissan, Aude, and at the Villa Parry gallery in Le Grau-du-Roi in early summer 2023.

He has also surrounded himself with art world professionals such as cr...

2023
Centre d'art Château de Girard Mèze - 21 oct. au 4 nov. 2023 (Hérault)
Soli d'Art Montpellier 22, 23, 24 septembre 2023 (Hérault)
Galerie Villa Parry Grau-du-Roi (Gard)
Galerie Vis ’Art Lyon (Rhône)

2022
Centre d’art Contemporain Poulet de Gruissan (Aude)
Musée Hôtel Des Barons De Lacoste Pézenas (Hérault)
Centre d’art Salle Gibert à Lézignan-Corbières (Aude)
Salon Comparaison, Art Capitale (Paris)
Galerie Vis ’Art Lyon (Rhône)

2021
Biennale de Servian (Hérault)
Salons de la peinture Européenne en Occitanie Montpellier et Sète (Hérault)
Salon Smart ’Aix Aix-En-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Exposition Université Catholique de Lyon sélection Biennale Hors Norme Lyon (Rhône)
Galerie des Terreaux Lyon sélection Biennale Hors Norme Lyon (Rhône)
Salon au Palais de Bondy par Regain Art Lyon (Rhône)
Centre D’art Salle IZZO Frontignan (Hérault)
Salon Comparaison, Art Capitale (Paris)

2020
Mairie De Juvignac (Hérault)
Chapelle De Montbazin (Hérault)
Galerie Docks Sud A Sète (Hérault)

2019
Exposition De Groupe Artothèque de Montpellier (Hérault)

EXPOSITIONS A VENIR 2023 - 2024
Chapelle des Pénitents Carpentras (Vaucluse France) du 2 au 31 août 2024
Chapelle de Montbasin (Hérault France) du 22 juillet au 4 aout 2024
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