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christopher lavenair photographe d'art artiste peintre accs aux photographies d'art - accs aux peintures partager sur facebook - send to si la couleur est sa signature, lternel fminin reste sa qute. ce grand romantique dcide en 2001 de commencer un travail sur la femme. modelant, estompant, caressant sa guise ses modles de beaut, son imaginaire amoureux sempare de ces cratures sublimes qui le toisent du haut de leurs catwalk . gouache, gesso, acrylique et crayons gras, parfois rehausses dhuile ou frottes la brosse, les images sont travailles jusqu leffacement. le regard est essentiel, cest lui qui me donne la musique, lnergie subtile et la beaut de la femme dit-il. kate moss, isabella rossellini, cate blanchett, ses muses iconiques prtent leur silhouette son exaltation artistique dans un romantisme pictural assez peu explor aujourdhui. if colour is his signature, the feminine essence is his quest. in 2001, this great romantic artist decided to start a project featuring the woman. he moulds, blurs and adds tenderness to his models without restriction; his imaginary love seizes itself from these sublime creatures that look down on him from the heights of their catwalks. gouache, gesso, acrylic and oil pastels, sometimes boosted by oil or scrubbed by a brush, the images are worked until eradication. the look is essential, its the look that gives me the music, the subtle energy and the womans beauty he says. kate moss, isabella rossellini and cate blanchett are some of his iconic muses that lend their silhouettes to his artistic jubilation in a pictorial romanticism which remains rather unexplored today. on ne peut douter lorsquon regarde ses premiers dessins, de la matrise technique de christopher lavenair. cette suret du geste acquise lors de ses tudes d'art la chelsea college of art et la wimbledon school of art, na eu de cesse que dtre dpasse. quittant londres et paris pour nice en 2006, lartiste a explor lazur de la mditerrane qui imprgne ds lors, toute sa peinture et sa photographie. beaut vanescente, mystrieuse, ses muses apparaissent dans ses uvres picturales comme dans ses photographies sous marines. sil se dclare influenc par le pop art et des artistes comme jasper johns et robert rauschenberg, le travail de christopher lavenair relve dun mouvement plus vaste, celui dun expressionnisme abstrait qui embrasse dans la plus grande libert et les mots et les images. peintures, dessins, carnets et objets du dsir. aujourdhui install paris, il poursuit une uvre riche et foisonnante qui gagne un public conquit par la vitalit de l'inspiration. un talent dcouvrir ou redcouvrir. texte de valrie penven there is no doubt about it, that when we look at his first drawings, we see the establishment of christopher lavenairs technique. he acquired the certitude of his gestures whilst studying art at the chelsea college of art and at the wimbledon school of art, this certitude has continued to be exceeded. leaving london and paris to go to nice in 2006, the artist explored the blue of the mediterranean which, since then, has largely influenced his painting and photography. a disappearing and mysterious beauty, his muses appear in his pictorial work as well as his underwater photographs. if he admits that he is influenced by pop art and artists like jasper johns and robert rauschenberg, christopher lavenairs work is in fact a greater movement, it is that of abstract expressionism which embraces the great freedom, words and images. these are incorporated in paintings, drawings, notebooks and desirable objects. today, settled in paris, he pursues a rich and abundant work, which wins over the public conquered by the vitality of inspiration. his talent is one to discover, or rediscover. written by valrie penven si tout commence par l'acte irrsistible du coup de crayon dans quelque carnet de croquis, l'artiste glisse avec aisance de la figuration l'abstraction pour assouvir une ncessit de gestuelle grandissante [...] if everything starts with the irresistible act of drawing in a sketch book, the artist slides with ease from figuration to abstraction to satisfy a gestural growing need. les thmes de la femme ou bien celui de la musique, rcurrents chez l'artiste envahissent, sous un autre azimut, le terrain de l'exprimentation. la couleur s'empare des supports pour devenir elle-mme le vocable de l'artiste. le signe se meurt peu peu pour que cette couleur devienne une puissance nouvelle [...] the artists recurring themes of the woman or of music invade the field of experimentation from another angle. the colour takes possession of the structure and becomes the artists speech within the work. little by little the symbol dies so that the colour becomes a new power in his works car il y a, certes, une rflexion profonde de dconstruction, de remise en question de l'image mais il y a galement une sorte de jeu qui incite repenser diffremment les dispositions tablies. les travaux ultrieurs vont en tmoigner. dchirures, dcoupages, conivences du vide et du plein, lavenair aime les renversements de la situation. extrait de "10 artistes l'preuve" de rodolphe cosimi this is undoubtedly a deep reflexion on the questioning and deconstruction of the image, however, equally a sort of game which encourages you to the think differently about the organisation of the established paintings surface. later works testify this. with tearings, cuttings, scheming of empty and filled spaces, lavenair likes reversing situations. an extract from "10 artistes l'preuve" by rodolphe cosimi christopher lavenair n en 1971 grandi entre paris et londres double culture qui influencera son travail. aprs des tudes d'art chelsea college of art et la wimbledon school of art o il tudie avec georges blacklock, il attire l'attention de la fameuse bettie morton gallery qui lui offrira sa premire exposition londres en 2002. lors de ses sjours mditerranens, christopher lavenair toffera sa palette de tons lumineux jaillissant sur la toile et prenant corps dans des superpositions audacieuses. christopher lavenair was born in 1971 and grew up between paris and london, therefore experiencing both cultures which influence his work. after studying at chelsea art college and at the wimbledon school of art, where he studied georges blacklock, he attracted the attention of the renowned bettie morton gallery, which offered to hold his first exhibition in london, 2002. during his mediterranean visits, christopher lavenair intensified his palette with luminous tones splashed on his canvas, which were giving body in the bold superimpositions. une peinture exalte qui dvore l'espace et qui laisse son exubrance gestuelle imprgner des surfaces diverses : papiers, photos, tissus, toiles, cartons, supports publicitaires, carnets de croquis... l'artiste lavenair redessine le quotidien, l chant ses couleurs par larges touches, coloriages incessants pour faire clater sa volont d'illuminer la vie. he is an enthused artist who devours the space and leaves his gestural exuberance to soak into diverse surfaces, paper, photos, tissue, canvas, cardboard, advertising medium, sketch booksthe artist lavenair redesigns everyday life, thanks to his incessant colouring in, and the way in which his use of colour sings through his large brush strokes, these techniques show his desire to illuminate life. se disant volontiers influenc par le pop art, lavenair s'inscrit dans la mouvance, l'intellectuelle expressionniste faisant jouer abstraction, figuration et le dynamisme des mots. lavenair mle sur ses peintures et collages : ralits populaires aux couvertures de magazines de mode et humour offrant aux images de papier glac une incarnation psychologique et une musicalit. ici on devine, l on sublime. being willingly influenced by pop art, lavenair applies himself in the movement, the intellectual expressionist that plays on abstraction, figuration and the vigorousness of words. lavenair mixes paint on his works and collages, which are made up of 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