VENCE, PACA, France
ARTISTIC ORIENTATIONS Like improvisation in jazz, art is a spring for me after a long reflection. At...
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ARTISTIC ORIENTATIONS Like improvisation in jazz, art is a spring for me after a long reflection. At the same time painter, sculptor, graphic designer, photographer ... in a word plastic artist in all the meanings of the term, I like to work with all the techniques and all the materials that I meet. Man, his life and his environment are at the center of my inspiration. I refute the old quarrel - incidentally outdated - figurative and abstraction. You can see in my work both figurative works and so-called abstract compositions, the real meaning of each work being most often located at the confluence of these two major trends. Thus such painting, such sculpture which seems abstract at first sight could well have been inspired by perfectly concrete elements which the eye or the imagination of the spectator will end up guessing. Conversely, a work whose meaning is apparently immediately legible can hide richer and more complex intentions. For me, it is the gap between reality and its representation that creates the work of art. The technical means are put to the service of this alchemy. My paintings alternate pastel shades and bright spots in compositions with constructed structures that capture the imagination of the viewer. The sculp...
BIOGRAPHIE
Études en arts plastiques
Professeur d’arts plastiques
En 1977 responsable des arts plastiques au Centre Régional de Documentation Pédagogique de Rouen.
En 1982, Conseiller artistique en arts plastiques au Ministère de la Culture
En 2000, Installation à Vence (Alpes-Maritimes)
PRINCIPALES EXPOSITIONS :
1993 Exposition personnelle à Saint-Cloud (Hauts de Seine)
1995 Prix de la créativité au Salon des Indépendants à l’Abbaye du Valasse (Seine-Maritime)
1996 Participation au 1er Salon d’art abstrait de Bois-Guillaume (Seine-Maritime)
1997 Participation au Concours national de peinture « Art et Education »
Sélection régionale
Sélection nationale
1997 Participation au 2e Salon d’art abstrait de Bois-Guillaume (Seine-Maritime)
1997 Exposition personnelle à Saint-Quentin en Yvelines (Yvelines)
2006 Exposition personnelle à la Maison des Arts de Tourrettes sur Loup (Alpes Maritimes)
2007 Acquisition d’une œuvre par la Mairie de Tourrettes sur Loup (Les Violettes de Tourrettes), exposée actuellement à la Bastide aux Violettes
2007-2008 Participation aux Rencontres artistiques d'été à La Colle sur Loup (Alpes Maritimes).
2010-2011 Expositions à l'Espace culturel Leclerc à Vence
2011 Participation à l'exposition "Écritures de l'invisible" avec Josée Tourette et Christian Zimmermann en l'église Sainte Cécile de Ceillac en Queyras (Hautes Alpes)
2012 Création de l'affiche des Rencontres Culture et Cinéma de Vence
2013 Participation à l'exposition "Chemins de croix d'hier et d'aujourd...
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