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I didn’t think stepping into PIERRE SOULAGES’ (1919-2022) shoes could be so much fun 🥳  |
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Owing to his interest in black "both as a color and a non-color.
When light is reflected on black, it transforms and transmutes it. It opens a mental field all its own."
He saw light as a work material; striations of the black surface of his paintings enable him to reflect light, allowing the black to come out of darkness and into brightness, thus becoming a luminous color. Soulages was born in the small town of Rodez in 1919. At age 12 on a school trip he experienced The nearby Romanesque Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques. He announced to his family he was going to become an artist and started wearing all black. His mother did not approve. Mine didn’t either. Probably a universal parental opinion 🤔 I tried the virtual reality gizmo that took us through Soulages’ life experiences into the cathedral The exciting thing about Soulages  |
| Soulages’handmade’ brushes |
Is the physicality of his brush marks, almost like dancing.You can’t help but feel the grand gestures of his arm moving across paper or canvas. So different than holding a small brush in your hand ✍️ on a small piece of paper. I returned yesterday. Everyone was enthralled. Of course I was thinking what can they possibly have in their gift 🎁 shop with all this black? Black continues as the ultimate of chicness. Angelina next door created a dessert to go with the Soulages exhibit. I stopped in for a look. Fortunately it was too busy to taste it🥄 After an exhibit your brain 🧠 keeps seeing repeat images that remind you of the exhibit.
Soulages’ enlightening exhibit continues till 11 January, 2026. I say go and enjoy the Luxembourg gardens while you’re there. Please tell me how the chocolate cake 🧁 was.
So interesting, thank you Carol! I recognize a couple of the calligraphy style pieces but didn’t know who he was 🤔.
ReplyDeleteCalligraphic is the word. His marks are so…lively.
DeleteThanks for introducing me to this artist. I like an artist that uses small brushes on small pieces of paper!
ReplyDeleteHa! A contrarian DeeAnn ❤️
DeleteLove this. Thanks, Carol.
DeleteSo glad Shirley. Not your usual pastry 🥮 jaunt in Paris.
DeleteOf course I focused on the chocolate. It looks Devine. Lynne
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking us to the Museé. I crave to see the works of artists new to me and you make the experience possible. Soulage's strokes tell his story... appear simple but we know no art is simple...it tells us the story of the artist and holds meaning we each seek to understand. Makes life more fascinating.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful exhibit and thank you for introducing me to Soulages. I have always loved Japanese calligraphy or Shodo with the brush strokes being a work of art. I would have loved a taste of that wonderful chocolate dessert at Angelina. -Suzanne P.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting show, Carol. Hmm…that chocolate bar “Out-Renoir”??
ReplyDeleteThant’s how I read it too!😁
DeleteOUTRE-NOIR - Outrenoir is the definition of the mental field reached by the phenomenon of light reflected by the surface of the color which is, by definition, the greatest absence of light, black related to Soulanges’ paintings. I was wondering about that myself. He has lots of theories about black and lighting, mostly beyond me.
DeletePS - Angelina always names their pastries 🥮 cachet etc.
DeleteAnother interesting post Carol, always something to learn from you. Those brushes are a work of art as well. Jane in England
ReplyDeleteYes his paint brushes! That was a clip on YouTube. It makes sense he would make his own brushes to make the marks he wanted.
DeleteFull circle it seems! The Abbey Church in Conques is a Romanesque church from the eleventh century. Soulages designed the 104 unstained-glass windows of the Abbey Church between 1987 and 1994.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, there is a lot more to tell about Soulanges. He created his own beautiful musée Soulages in his tiny hometown of RODEZ, putting it on the map and an important destination point for art lovers.
Deletehttps://musee-soulages-rodez.fr/
Wow, I totally missed the little blurb about your life!!! Jane pointed it out to me! Love learning about your childhood and how you became such a fascinating woman!!! Thanks for sharing! 😘from 🇨🇦
ReplyDelete🥰 Nicole ❤️
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