"Fragments of Paradise" an exhibition of paintings by Denis Polge at Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate > 9th-18th December 2010
Time :
9th December : 6:30 pm - Opening
10th to 18th December : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm - Exhibition on View
Entry : Free
Event Details : 'Fragments of Paradise' an exhibition of paintings by Denis Polge.
Artist's Comment : Works of art nowadays try to speak: they want to comment, to criticize and to shock. I try to remain silent. If a painting can be spoken, it then becomes more a text than an aesthetic experience. What is there to say about my work apart from describing it?
My last exhibitions have dealt with water; first, in a figurative way, by representing rivers and seashores and then, after discovering Asian papers, with a more abstract aesthetic.
The works I intend to exhibit in the Romain Rolland Gallery show suggested and imaginary flowers. They are made on Thaï papers with ink washes and distemper techniques.
This vegetal subject has a lot to do with my recent move to the south of France where I was born. My recurrent interest for nature has found a place to expand itself. Being able to grow plants and flowers has opened a new range of colors and motives. Along with the plants, my formats have expanded as well. And my palette, formerly organized around nuances of grey, has become more vivid and evocative of Southern tonalities.
Formally, the paintings are initially made on wet surfaces. The wet papers allow a foggy, blurry aspect onto which I can layer “dry” and accurate detail. The contrast between blur and detail has been an important concern for me these past few years, along with the search for dynamic composition; it is a challenge for me to find a balance where the lack of order prevails. Disorder can be a very complex and invisible elaboration rather than merely a breach into harmony.
Showing my work in India holds particular meaning for me. Indeed, I discovered Indian miniatures in the same time as primitive Italian painting. Both had in common an unrealistic treatment of perspective that develop a certain narrative poetry. This art profoundly influenced my early works. It led me to paper, watercolor techniques, subtle sense of colors and motives…
Although my approach to painting on paper has had a tendency to emancipate itself from details and narrative expression, I think it still conveys a certain treatment of color that is not unusual to the Indians…
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9th December : 6:30 pm - Opening
10th to 18th December : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm - Exhibition on View
Entry : Free
Place : Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Event Details : 'Fragments of Paradise' an exhibition of paintings by Denis Polge.
Artist's Comment : Works of art nowadays try to speak: they want to comment, to criticize and to shock. I try to remain silent. If a painting can be spoken, it then becomes more a text than an aesthetic experience. What is there to say about my work apart from describing it?
My last exhibitions have dealt with water; first, in a figurative way, by representing rivers and seashores and then, after discovering Asian papers, with a more abstract aesthetic.
The works I intend to exhibit in the Romain Rolland Gallery show suggested and imaginary flowers. They are made on Thaï papers with ink washes and distemper techniques.
This vegetal subject has a lot to do with my recent move to the south of France where I was born. My recurrent interest for nature has found a place to expand itself. Being able to grow plants and flowers has opened a new range of colors and motives. Along with the plants, my formats have expanded as well. And my palette, formerly organized around nuances of grey, has become more vivid and evocative of Southern tonalities.
Formally, the paintings are initially made on wet surfaces. The wet papers allow a foggy, blurry aspect onto which I can layer “dry” and accurate detail. The contrast between blur and detail has been an important concern for me these past few years, along with the search for dynamic composition; it is a challenge for me to find a balance where the lack of order prevails. Disorder can be a very complex and invisible elaboration rather than merely a breach into harmony.
Showing my work in India holds particular meaning for me. Indeed, I discovered Indian miniatures in the same time as primitive Italian painting. Both had in common an unrealistic treatment of perspective that develop a certain narrative poetry. This art profoundly influenced my early works. It led me to paper, watercolor techniques, subtle sense of colors and motives…
Although my approach to painting on paper has had a tendency to emancipate itself from details and narrative expression, I think it still conveys a certain treatment of color that is not unusual to the Indians…
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"Fragments of Paradise" an exhibition of paintings by Denis Polge at Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate > 9th-18th December 2010
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