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Colorama
From March 25 to May 25, Rue Faubourg Saint-Honore will be a burst of color, light and creativity! In harmony with nature that blooms and spreads color everywhere, the gallery HELENE BAILLY is pleased to present its next exhibition "Coloroma", which honors the treatment of color throughout the history of art of the twentieth century.
Eternal struggle between line and color, between Titian and Poussin, color has always managed to take its place at the center of creation since the Renaissance. This interest for the color is renewed in the beginning of the XXth century, of which the Fauvists, from 1905, will be the main ambassadors, making color once again the master of creation.
In the context of Dialogs, Liu Bolin is the guest in this new exhibition. In 2005, Liu Bolin presented his first series "Hiding in the City", a self-portrait of the artist, immobile and covered in paint, merging with the rubble of his studio, located in the artists鈥� district razed by the Chinese government. A silent protest: Liu Bolin makes himself invisible to be noticed. Since then, he has been creating works that combine photography, body art, optical art and living sculpture. This man-chameleon poses for hours in front of a wall, a lands- cape or a monument in order to blend into the scenery - eyes closed, his silhouette barely visible - with the help of his assistant painters, without any digital trickery. At the end of the camou- flage process, he freezes the performance thanks to photography.
The artist questions the hidden meaning of the settings he uses, bringing reflections on politics, consumerism, the environment, marriage or food.
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From March 25 to May 25, Rue Faubourg Saint-Honore will be a burst of color, light and creativity! In harmony with nature that blooms and spreads color everywhere, the gallery HELENE BAILLY is pleased to present its next exhibition "Coloroma", which honors the treatment of color throughout the history of art of the twentieth century.
Eternal struggle between line and color, between Titian and Poussin, color has always managed to take its place at the center of creation since the Renaissance. This interest for the color is renewed in the beginning of the XXth century, of which the Fauvists, from 1905, will be the main ambassadors, making color once again the master of creation.
In the context of Dialogs, Liu Bolin is the guest in this new exhibition. In 2005, Liu Bolin presented his first series "Hiding in the City", a self-portrait of the artist, immobile and covered in paint, merging with the rubble of his studio, located in the artists鈥� district razed by the Chinese government. A silent protest: Liu Bolin makes himself invisible to be noticed. Since then, he has been creating works that combine photography, body art, optical art and living sculpture. This man-chameleon poses for hours in front of a wall, a lands- cape or a monument in order to blend into the scenery - eyes closed, his silhouette barely visible - with the help of his assistant painters, without any digital trickery. At the end of the camou- flage process, he freezes the performance thanks to photography.
The artist questions the hidden meaning of the settings he uses, bringing reflections on politics, consumerism, the environment, marriage or food.
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