Mona Print

''Philippe with great vitality'' searches for lyricism in the world around us. Louis Stettner ''In his haunting images of youth and old age, joy and sorrow, and the chance encounters of daily existence, Philippe Davisseau combines humour and insight to examine the droll moments, textures and colours of life. He seeks out and captures the subliminal elements in the most banal situations that somehow transcend reality''. Charles Pachter Drawing, painting, photography... For decades, Philippe Davisseau has constantly been improving his artistic interpretation. Very young, he is influenced by an unusual grandfather (painter, photographer, inventer, clown, equilibrist, contorsionist, etc.). Then starts a long artistic career filled with challenges. Thousands of drawings, paintings and films later he is today a well-known artist who looks to expand the boundaries. Consumed by the system, Philippe will nevertheless become a publicist, a creator of companies and unprecedented concepts such as ''Promoton'' or ''Carre gagnant'', associate Director of the BDDP advertising agencies group then President of his own company. However, he will eventually leave the world of communication: “Without art, life is a mistake!” he now tells his entourage… For a number of years now, Philippe Davisseau has been dedicated to the medium of photography. He uses film, digital and painting on photo. ''I use reality to transform it'', as is aptly expressed on this oh, so expressive frozen image. Philippe knows how to expose strong oppositions...