Guillaume Paturel “Territories of Complexity”
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WBX presents new works by the French artist Guillaume Paturel, The exhibition, titled “Territories of Complexity” will feature a suite of large-scale paintings and one sculptural painting -his first foray into the medium.
Paturel’s artistic practice interweaves architecture and painting-they nest together, overlap, compress each other, and collide like a geographical study applied to the memory of mankind. He takes an almost primitive approach to the materials, choosing wooden panels which he spontaneously cuts, scrapes, and carves throughout the painting process to reveal layers embedded in the materials. At the moment of creation, the artist already has a vision of how to methodically deconstruct and reconstruct in a succession of subtraction and layering, transforming his paintings into an almost sculptural organized chaos.
In this exhibition, Paturel’s paintings evoke intentional attempts to mark and delimit a territory excavated from densely layered paint and patterns and the materiality of the wooden panels they occupy. Architectural components are omnipresent in the work, though it is revealed in a subtle energy and barely defined forms, echoes of schematics and topographical maps. Paturel’s painting is above all physical and material. He transforms wooden panels from passive surfaces to active sculptural paintings. For Paturel, this approach of inserting “foreign” materials into painting is reminiscent of how, through artificial or natural interventions, one can transform completely urban and natural landscapes.
Lara Pan
Media
Schedule
from March 29, 2017 to April 05, 2017
Opening Reception on 2017-03-31 from 18:00 to 21:00