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Grandes Conférences (DVD)

Pierre Soulages, Robert Fleck - Grandes Conférences (DVD)
A conversation betwen the painter and the art critic and curator.
Film realized on the occasion of the series of major conferences conceived by Alain Julien-Laferrière and organized by the Centre de Création Contemporaine and the François-Rabelais University, Tours (France), in 1998.
Pierre Soulages (1919-2022) has gained international recognition as a prominent figure of both art informel, which arose in France during World War II, and abstract expressionism, its American counterpart. From the 1940s to the 1970s, black progressively conquered the surface of Soulages's calligraphic abstract paintings, which also incorporated subtle hints of color (mainly ocher and blue). His aesthetics radically shifted toward monochrome in 1979, when he initiated his lifelong series Outrenoir. He has been known as "the painter of black and light" ever since. Literally translating as "beyond black," Outrenoir opens onto a new realm that transcends purely gestural and monochromatic abstraction. Systematically applied in thick layers on canvas, black paint is meticulously scraped, striated, and overall sculpted to create smooth or rough areas that reflect light in various ways. By masterfully turning black into a luminous color, Pierre Soulages' painting powerfully evokes the genesis of the world, which came out of darkness.
Edited by Gilles Coudert.
Film directed by Gilles Coudert.
 
published in 2009
French edition
digipack
108'
 
ISBN : 3760083750090
EAN : 3760083750090
 
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