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Our gallery located at 24, rue Treilhard (Paris 8) will close on Thursday, December 24 at 4.30 pm and will reopen on January 4 at 11 am.

In the meantime, you will be able to find us on our website. Happy Holidays to all!

Atsuko Ishii's career began in 1995, having just arrived in France from her native Japan after the Kobe earthquake. The self-taught artist with immense talent tells us that art was not her vocation but she decided at that moment to accomplish something she had never done before. It was thus when she met a friend in Paris who worked at the Atelier de la Gravure that she launched herself into etching. Since then, she has never stopped creating her delicious, detailed, mischievous and poetic little engravings, which transport us into an imaginary world where children and teenagers, skateboards and flowers, but also rockets, guitars and rainbows, come together. Dive into the heart of her dreamlike universe, which can be found over time on Isabel Marant's clothes or on the shelves of Le Bon Marché, and which has enchanted us for many years.

Atsuko doesn't really have any sources of inspiration apart from what comes to her when she creates her drawings, on the spot: "They are images that float in the air and if I'm lucky, I catch them. I often compare these real objects, which do not quite reflect reality, to spontaneous encounters, to moments that do not last in time, but which can become permanently anchored in our imaginations. Ma, in Japanese, is the concept of a certain in-between, of empty space and silence, which links two separate objects or phenomena, and it takes an important place in my work".

The artist works long hours, every day, in her studio in Vincennes. She starts by drawing directly with drypoint on the varnished copper plate, all at once, without sketches. Then comes the acid bath which will shape and transform the line: she likes etching because it is not immediate, it is a process which leaves a part of the unexpected. Once the series is finished, she chooses a title for it. She can spend a lot of time on it and just like in Japanese Haiga drawings and Haiku poems, the title and the image are an inseparable whole. "My wish would be that people enjoy my engravings as they enjoy a cup of coffee or chocolate. It's a fleeting moment, which doesn't last, like a little sparkle. I don't really give them any direction and everyone can interpret them as they wish."

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We are pleased to announce that the gallery will reopen its doors to the public on Saturday, November 28th! We look forward to seeing you there at the usual times, as well as every Saturday until Christmas.

Galerie Envie d'Art
24, rue Treilhard 75008
Mon-Fri: 11am-7pm
Sat: 2pm-6pm

More info at: cathy.bombard@enviedart.com

This year more than ever, escape through art and dream while contemplating the works of our artists from all over the world. Discover our selection of works for Christmas, and offer the most beautiful of journeys. From Bennie's raku ceramics to Jacques Valot's hyperrealist drawings, and from Jeff Robb's lenticular photographs to Atsuko Ishii's surrealist engravings, discover the 15 artists of our selection and their 150 works and let yourself be transported!

The gallery will reopen as soon as possible and in the meantime, we will ensure deliveries as usual. If you would like to see the exhibition by videoconference or for any other information, do not hesitate to contact us: cathy.bombard@enviedart.com (06 80 07 41 89). More than ever, we support our artists and hope that art will continue to make you travel.

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To enter Charlotte Champion's studio is to enter an offbeat universe where all kinds of bronze animals, plants, tools, books and materials are found in every corner of this luminous studio on the rue de Crimée. Although she has been an artist for 30 years, she started sculpting at a very early age, and later trained at the Nicolas Poussin workshop and with the master Johnatan Hirschfeld. Charlotte has always had an unequivocal passion for the animal world. Playing with the shapes, sizes and characteristics of each species, she rewrites stories with pressed rabbits, skilful elephants and talking parakeets as her main characters. We have been working for many years with this incomparably talented artist and are always surprised by what her imagination has in store for us.

Inspiration comes to Charlotte Champion unconsciously. She feeds off her environment. This is why she reads a lot, goes to the cinema, to the Natural History Museum and tries to travel as much as possible. "A conversation and even a radio programme can also inspire me; I think for example of Jean-Claude Ameisen's programmes which mix science, philosophy and poetry. But my major inspiration is of course nature and its wonders." To start a sculpture, it needs a whole day of absolute freedom, cut off from the world, in peace and silence. Then, she chooses the material that will allow her to create the sculpture. Sometimes the choice is made according to technical constraints: wax, plaster, wood, cardboard, but her favourite material remains clay. She also likes to work with metal because welding has something magical about it, especially the light and heat that it gives off. A few seconds later the metal is transformed! As all her sculptures are in bronze, she frequently works with her foundry, which plays an essential role.

"I don't really know what I want to share through my sculptures, since I've been sculpting since I was a child, it's my way of looking at life. I would like the spectator to be able to escape for a moment into a universe where everything would be possible, a universe where the laws of gravity would be different, where animals would no longer have predators and would tell us stories".

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The month of photography and the entry into the winter months have made us want to introduce you to artists who place black and white at the heart of their work. The dazzling photographs of Antoine Gaussin and Jean-Michel Berts sublimate nature, while those of Nick Veasey and Jeff Robb use innovative processes such as X-rays and lenticulars to bring humans to light. Also discover the softness of Marie-Ange Daudé's feather portraits and Jacques Valot's cinematographic drawings; they will all be on show at the gallery and on our website until 16 November.

Due to the latest measures, the gallery is unfortunately closed to the public until further notice, and we will be very happy to meet you there as soon as possible. We will ensure deliveries as usual, offer a Click & Collect option, and if you wish to see the exhibition by videoconference or for any other information, do not hesitate to contact us: cathy.bombard@enviedart.com (06 80 07 41 89). More than ever, we support our artists and hope that art will continue to make you travel.

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We have been fortunate enough to know and follow for nearly fifteen years the exquisite work of Marine de Soos, a talented sculptor whose early childhood in Africa has left its mark. Her sometimes monumental works take us on a cultural and dreamlike journey through the lands that inspire her, from Africa to the East. She composes her bronze sculptures, human forms with simple and delicate gestures, always communicative. In 1991 Marine decided to devote herself entirely to sculpture and trained alongside an American master, Jonathan Hirschfeld. She then decided to take up her own studio and delivered poetic compositions, full of emotion. Marine is inspired by what surrounds her, and in particular what moves her every day: she sculpts stories. She is inspired by fleeting moments, like suspended images. What inspires her most is the poetry and beauty of our world, the beauty of a gesture. All these moments nourish her imagination, which she then plunges into to recompose her own image. The sculpture is then born, in balance, between strength and fragility.

The artist always designs a metal frame, which is the skeleton of her piece, and works around this frame, in clay or wax, in small touches. The rhythm is slow, contrary to the usual rhythm of our societies, and it is this slowness that she likes. "I usually have several pieces in progress, moving from one piece to another allows me to let them rest, then to find them again with a renewed look each time. "After the creation of the work, the bronze work is another part of her work, which is also very important. She loves the nobility of bronze and is delighted to be able to play with it in space. "I work closely with various foundries. At each stage, I make sure that the new proof that is going to be made is as close as possible to the original writing of the piece. I am therefore present at the foundry at each stage of the "lost wax bronze" process. Once the bronze is cast, it is then a four-handed ballet with the chiseler, with whom I adjust each of his pieces. Finally, I carefully watch over the patina of each sculpture."

"I wish to share these moments of grace, full of energy and joy, which can be captured all over the world by observing humanity. To share this beauty that nourishes and soothes. May I be able to imprint the intensity of the emotions that amaze me and offer it in turn to others."

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We are happy to unveil the new works of three artists with undeniable success, who have been delighting us for almost fifteen years. The proud bronze women of Marine de Soos, the expressively coloured abstractions of Tony Soulié or the delicate dreamlike creatures of Hanna Sidorowicz will be on show at the gallery until October 31st. Our three French artists will be present at the vernissage and will be delighted to share their extraordinary career paths with you.

Vernissage on Thursday, October 8, from 3 pm to 9 pm
In the presence of the artists
24 rue Treilhard, Paris 8
Exhibition from 8 to 31 October 2020

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This week's interview is with Italian artist Mario Sughi, aka nerosunero, in which we discover his pop and contemporary digital illustrations. One day, in the early 90s, one of his friends showed him "Internet" and Adobe Photohop 2. A few years later, he was working as an illustrator for an archaeological society and started drawing using a graphic tablet and Adobe Illustrator. The work of our brand new artist is very special, with images representing scenes of everyday life that are often candid. His style is precise and geometrical, with blocks of bright colors, but it remains imbued with a certain organic fluidity.

"My work consists essentially of creating images. And creating images is my way of fully engaging with what I see. I love the great American painters who represent the second half of the 20th century. In particular, the works of Alex Katz, Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher, Lois Dodd and Neil Welliver. In their work, style is the real subject, the thing that stands out in front of you. Then comes an energetic flatness, beautifully abstract and elegant, almost digital. Magnificent!" Mario Sughi walks around with a camera and captures scenes from life. Then, back in his studio at home, he observes them: "Some of them are beautiful, but they never accurately reflect the way I see things. Many details go unnoticed, but my emotions, my feelings (including those of space and time) seem false (as if they were not mine) or absent. This is why I have no choice but to go back to my sketchbook or drawing tablet and start painting these images."

What he wishes to share through his works? "I have many memories of long evenings with friends. The faces, the smiles, the gestures, blink quickly one after the other in front of me. And still, of these evenings, I have almost no memory of the subjects of our conversations. I don't think the subject is always so relevant. The true meaning of an encounter, a conversation or a painting is elsewhere."

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September means back to school, or work, and we hope you had a wonderful summer. On our side, we have reopened the gallery this week and will present a new exhibition, Art on paper, from September 14 to October 31. For the happy few who are lucky enough to be on the Ile de Ré, we are extending our partnership with Visus Gallery until the end of September and we welcome a new Italian artist, Mario Sughi. Looking forward to seeing you in great shape at the opening of our exhibition on September 17th!

New opening hours:
24, rue Treilhard 75008 Paris
Monday to Friday, 11am-7pm
Saturday by appointment

RSVP vernissage: cathy.bombard@enviedart.com

The Envie d'Art gallery will be closed from Saturday, August 1st to Monday, August 31st, 2020.

We wish you an excellent holiday and look forward to seeing you at the start of the new school year.

Save the date: "Art on paper" exhibition, opening on Thursday 17 September.

For those of you who will have the chance to spend some time on the beautiful Île de Ré this summer, we are very pleased to announce our partnership with Visus gallery, which will be exhibiting the works of our artists until August 31st! The ephemeral gallery is located in Saint-Martin-de-Ré and Antoine Gaussin will be happy to present the works of Cécile Plaisance, Jeff Robb, Peter Hoffer, Nicolas Dubreuille or Nick Veasey.

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Tony Soulié has been a recognized artist of the New French Abstraction since the 1970s. In his work, he uses painting, Land Art, photography and written inscriptions. Theatre, acrobatics and dance, Tony Soulié is interested in all arts and experiences. He manages to combine his work as a painter with his taste for travel in open and extreme lands such as deserts, shores, volcanoes, dense forests. Hundreds of exhibitions of his works have been organized around the world and they are in numerous public and private collections such as the Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris or the Hawaii Arts and Culture Foundation.

"After receiving the Villa Medici Hors les murs prize in 1977, I was able to move to Naples, where I made my first Land Art installations on Vesuvius, Etna or Stromboli. Volcanoes have since been a major source of inspiration for me, but have been joined by a myriad of other inspirations, largely from my travels. The African coasts, Venice and especially Murano, Arizona, New York, Hawaii... In each of these places I found fascinating themes such as skyscrapers, bullfighting or glass work, which I was able to photograph, paint, rethink, and connect with." The use of carborundum in his painting is also directly related to his installations on volcanoes: the silicon compound is only found in its pure state in nature in volcanic exhalations. The technique of painted photography, or "photo-painting", is based on large-format black and white prints of the photographs taken during his many travels around the world. The print is reworked on the ground. Using different materials, canvas, metal, paint, silkscreen, varnish, these superimposed layers give a set of patinas, mats and glosses, while preserving the reality of nature.

His art allows him to create connections in a world where infinity meets the finite, where everything is a cycle, everything is a new beginning and where horizons multiply to give us more and more to see, discover and understand. "So if, seeing my paintings, one is transported to worlds that are both known and mysterious - whether they be sprawling megacities, dizzying mountains, or flowers containing the origin of the world - my work will have borne fruit."

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After many years spent working with professional photographers, Didier Fournet decided to devote himself to this art. The French artist, whom we have followed since his beginnings, now divides his time between France and Portugal, when he is not travelling around the world to capture the diversity of landscapes. His latest series? The South-West of France, his adopted country, and Venice, the Serenissima. Through his "vibrations", always halfway between abstraction and reality, he reinvents these places by making their structures vibrate without ever disguising the presence of man. In his unstructured settings, he succeeds in freezing the passage of time.

Self-taught, he bought his first camera during my early adolescence in Paris. For a long time artistic director for large communication groups, image has always been at the center of my life. His sources of inspiration range from the swarming details of Hieronymus Bosch to the gigantism of Andreas Gursky; from the precision of David Lachapelle's compositions to the multicoloured palette of Douanier Rousseau. When he starts a photoshoot, he determines a place and then a sometimes elevated angle from which he positions himself as a motionless anthropologist and take hundreds of shots. The elements that interest him move: clouds, the tide, passers-by, lights, time passing... He works with a 60 million pixel digital Hasselblad to capture as much detail as possible. Then, over several days or weeks, he creates a scene that never existed in a single moment. He imagines the light, the skies, the position of passers-by. He bends time and thus encapsulate more than an hour of life in a single photograph, without it being perceptible at first glance. But a good observation shows that the same person is reproduced two or even three times in the photo and this reveals his path. Finally, it is time for the "vibration": he multiplies layers on Photoshop in a digital sculpture where he cuts and pastes millions of pixels.

"Each of my vibrations is a new space-time. I like it when my work appeals to the audience. I particularly appreciate when it questions the technique, the identification of the place and the people, and when it is astonished by the richness of my colour palette and the infinite details. I am a contemporary painter of photography who has chosen pixels for brushes and vibrations to reveal the new beauty of a differently inhabited world."

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In a career spanning 25 years, through his travels and numerous experiments, British artist and former graphic designer Russel West has acquired a unique technique for creating his three-dimensional murals. These are composed of a multitude of media and supports, where colours, juxtapositions and forms combine for a lively and dynamic result. A discreet artist living in his studio on the Isle of Wight, Russel West has enjoyed dazzling success through his exhibitions all over the world, particularly in Asia, a continent that has had a considerable influence on his work.

"I've always liked accumulations and patterns that don't repeat themselves, and that's probably why I find slums so fascinating. It's not so much the cities that inspire me, but the parts of the cities that are the most overcrowded. I travelled a lot in the 80s and 90s, mainly in Asia and the Orient. It was probably in the slums of India that I found my love for extreme colour combinations, but those in China interested me more because they are built high up, like the infamous "Citadel of Kowloon". I had the chance to visit it on the first day I went to Hong Kong in 1991, before it was demolished by the Chinese authorities to clean up the city, and I discovered a very well guarded fence surrounding it, the authorities not letting anyone in. It had to be demolished within six months, no one knew how many people were living or working there, but it was estimated that 50,000 people had been evicted. I was able to make sketches and take many pictures of the outside and I was present when they demolished the walled city with a ball and chain, allowing me to see what the inside looked like."

Russel West uses a very large number of different mediums, and all sorts of more or less traditional tools. His technique is unique: he does not use brushes, just two pieces of wire hanger and a sharp knife. He also uses paint drips because he appreciates the randomness of the paint movements, an echo of the way slums are formed. "I set out to create a kind of music for the eyes. If people engage with my work, then I guess my mission is accomplished. I think there's a lot to learn from studying slums. They are built by the people who live there, not by urban planners or developers, who generally prefer straight lines and conformity. That is why each dwelling is different, reflecting the situation or the tastes of the inhabitants. In an increasingly sanitized world, where the intervention of machines prevents natural chaos, I hope to leave a testimony of these emblematic places."

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As he wanders through the big cities that are his inspiration, Florent Touchot photographs the streets that define them and tears off the posters that cover them. By superimposing photo and collage, he offers us images, colors, memories that are familiar to us and, despite the lacerations, the coherent dynamic of his works gives us the soul of these cities.

His sources of inspiration are mainly urban, they are cities such as Marseille, London or New York . Each painting is born in the diversity and movement of urban life. The perspectives and alignments offered by a city serve as a basis for his work. But of course, he is also inspired by its walls. Graffiti, concert posters, promotional posters... "I discover colours, typographies and images, like the pin-up cars of the fifties, which I like to associate in my creation. An artist like Jacques Villeglé particularly inspired me with his work on street posters."

Florent would define his work as "photography on Plexiglas superimposed on urban lacerations", a mixture of photography, collage and painting. The starting point is a photograph that is shot on a Plexiglas plate. He then collects posters from the city walls, tears them down and stores them in his studio. "These pieces of posters are for me a real palette of colours and textures. I then carry out a work of recomposition to create a collage in harmony with the photograph in the foreground. I also use acrylic spray paint to enhance certain parts of the Plexiglas or collage."

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Land-rovers, Louboutin shoes or Volkswagen vans... No object of our everyday life escapes the X-rays of our English photographer Nick Veasey, who for 13 years has been constantly dissecting our habits to capture their deepest essence. His works can be seen in major international collections, such as the Victoria & Albert museum in London, the Pushkin museum in Moscow and the Taipei museum of contemporary art.

"My main inspirations are the normally invisible intrinsic details of my subjects, which I reveal through X-rays. My work is essentially a statement against superficiality. By stripping the surface and focusing on the substance of an object, one can understand how and why it could have existed in that form. An X-ray shows the evolution of an object, whether it was designed by man or by nature," he says. X-rays are radioactive and therefore dangerous. They form a spectrum of light, but this spectrum is invisible to the human eye. So Nick Veasey uses something invisible to make the normally invisible interior of his subject visible. The image on the film is the same size as the object, and because the film is in the form of small sheets, it is often a lot of separate X-rays that will make up the final image. His radiograph of a Mini, for example, consists of more than 350 separate X-rays that are then digitally superimposed, which can take a long time.

"I want to reach people's minds and make them appreciate the beauty and complexity of the world. At a certain level, my work is immediate - you see an X-ray, you see inside. But if you look at it more closely, you discover incredible details. The more you look at my photos, the more you will continue to discover. Beauty is everywhere, just sometimes you have to look closely to see it."

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Dear collectors, dear friends,

We hope that you are well, that you have taken good care of yourself and your loved ones, and that you are as happy as we are to be able to leave the house little by little. We are also happy to announce that the gallery is opening its doors again, starting May 14th! The opening hours will be arranged, appointments will be made easier and security measures will be respected, for a smooth re-opening. The works are still available on the site, of course, and the delivery circuits should resume their usual train.

To celebrate this re-opening, we would like to introduce you to our artists whose works bring joy and are a true ode to happiness. Come and support the work of Silvia Calmejane, Nicolas Dubreuille, Marcel Ceuppens and many others.

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New opening hours

Tuesday-Friday: 11am-7pm

Saturday: By appointment

24, rue Treilhard 75008 Paris

We remain at your disposal if you have any questions: cathy.bombard@enviedart.com / 06 80 07 41 89

Libraries are both shelters and places of escape. It is this feeling that our photographer Reinhard Görner has been exploring for many years, in search of the most beautiful and solemn reading rooms around the world. Intimate libraries nestled in the heart of secluded abbeys or grandiose halls of prestigious universities, for the German artist, these rooms are an inexhaustible reservoir of inspiration. Let yourself be transported through architectures, styles and eras in this portrait of Reinhard Görner, a self-taught artist with a multifaceted and contagious passion.

As an architectural photographer, Reinhard worked for many years for architects before deciding to focus on his passion. His goal is to explore how the great masters of architecture have created spaces that breathe beauty and silence by playing with shadows, light, proportions, rhythms. He quickly discovered that libraries have always been and still are wonderful playgrounds for architects, allowing them to focus on the question of form and emptiness: "I see myself as an ambassador trying to convey the spirit of these builders with my photographic means".

"Once you enter the space, a dialogue with the room will begin: how does it feel, is there a notion of balance, is it overloaded with décor (which is sometimes found in baroque libraries), in what position do I feel it is here and nowhere else? Last but not least, before pressing the shutter, I have to remove all the disturbing elements from the room - there are usually many of them. If this is not possible on location, I have to "clean" the image in post-production, the eye having to rest and not be distracted by irritating objects". The photographer wishes to convey an air of serenity and stillness through his photographs: "I hope that the viewers will find a sense of rest when looking at my photographs. Furthermore, I hope that my photographs will bring another dimension to the rooms in which they are hung".

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To admire Cécile Plaisance's lenticular photographs is above all to adhere to her strong positions on the influence of culture on women's bodies. Her models, whether human or dolls, are veiled and revealed through the prism of the hologram. A distinguished artist whom we have followed since her beginnings, Cécile Plaisance marvels at the way she looks at women and their desires for freedom, enjoyment, power and emancipation.

"My inspirations are obviously multiple. There are so many splendours around us for those who know how to pay attention to them! Advertising, current events... play an important role in my creative process." Cecile also draws inspiration from her predecessors: Pop Art artists, avant-garde fashion photographers, pin-up illustrators, Pirelli or Playboy calendars. "In fact, it's all this popular culture of representing the sexy woman, provocative without being vulgar, a little delirious under a wise appearance, these women presented successively over the years as ideal women. Curious how they have changed over time... Or is it men?"

"Contrary to what one might think, my work is not a battle, nor is it a war of the sexes. It's an ode to femininity, to love. I admire women as much as I love men. On the other hand, I am deeply hostile to the place that religion takes over women's freedom. No matter what religion is, it has far too great a hold on their lives! My work is an expression of the need to find male-female balance. We are "soul complements", of equal value. I hope that every woman can recognize herself in my photos. No matter her beliefs, her religion. Secrets, forbidden or clandestine pleasures, mysteries, are part of desire, seduction, encounters, life... I wish to be accessible and communicate just a little humour and beauty."

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Dimitri Bourriau, aka Jahz Design, is a master in the art of photographing abandoned places, sometimes in very remote areas. This gives his photography a historical nature, and plunges us into worlds we have never known, but which nevertheless seem familiar. We closely follow the adventures of this talented young photographer and are each time dazzled by his taste for risk.

It is undoubtedly a set of personal tastes that influence him in his work: "I'm a film and architecture buff, but I also have a real interest in places steeped in history." As a child, he was fascinated by the conquest of space. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a mythical place that strictly follows the traditions of the pioneers of the conquest, and it was from this base that Sputnik-1, the first artificial satellite, was launched. In 2019, he therefore decided to set off in search of the relics that bear witness to the remains of the Soviet space programme.

The search for light is paramount in his photos. "Because light gives life to places, I analyse their configuration, I look for skylights, the orientation of openings... This will determine the moment when it best suits the composition." Shooting old theaters is a very special exercise. Often, the halls are extremely dark and the scenes in complete darkness. He then positions himself on the basket, the first floor of the hall, which was once the preferred place to be admired. Then he manually merges the whole thing in post-production to achieve the results he wants. Dimitri tries to show that all these places are not necessarily "forgotten". He shares a photographic testimony, a work of archiving. This gives the person who looks at these photos the role of an active witness to this history.

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Art teacher in ceramics, Vinça Monadé began her apprenticeship by studying graphic design, then studied in the studio of Amore at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. We fell in love with this resolutely positive artist, who has been combining pastels on paper and ceramics for many years. Seemingly simple in appearance but the result of a very particular technique, Vinça Monadé's "Couleurs des champs" series is a true ode to the countryside and its astonishing colours.

"Couleurs des champs" is a work on the fragment. Vinça lives and works in an environment of nature and landscapes reappear either in their entirety or as isolated elements, in a synthetic vision that comes close to the free forms of abstraction. Reality is envisaged in an extreme simplification and I like this formal ambiguity between figuration and abstraction. "In the city everything is a sign, I live in the country and I wanted to transpose this very synthetic vision, through the fragment. The work on the sign is a very topical preoccupation that hasn't wavered since the great initiators such as Mark Rothko or Ellsworth Kelly.", she says.

This idea of fragments of nature, of fields, is expressed in her creative process, since each drawing is the sum of two assembled forms : "This caesura is a signature, it is the whole identity of the drawing. The colour is then more suggestive, more emotional. It depends on the moment. But its presence remains strong and noisy, close to the illuminations of the Middle Ages." Through her pastels, Vinça wishes to share a certain plenitude, the strength of life, and that simplicity which is hers. These drawings offer themselves to the eye frontally, without shadow or anxiety, and express an inner peace.

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What a great journey we have made with Edouard Buzon, our artist discovered fifteen years ago, whose works have met with dazzling international success. This young French painter knows how to create a world of his own, mixing photography, painting and lacquer. Fascinated by the fruit of many years of research and work, we wanted to know more about what inspires him on a daily basis and his methods to transcribe his travels of the mind.

Photography inspires Edouard Buzon to start a work. Some places have left a deep impression on him, such as Barcelona for example, and its Olympic port district. "What I had been doing for a long time with my montages, I discovered it there in its raw state. Sometimes reality exceeds my fiction, at Coney Island I found myself face to face with fake palm trees with metal trunks. Paradox! Obviously I succumbed to the superannuated and glaucous charm of this 70s fun fair. It's a place that left a deep impression on me, an alternative place."

The painter then applies colours he makes himself from pigments. He organizes improbable encounters between visual elements that could not meet in real life, and integrates them into more abstract landscapes, orchestrated by flat areas of paint. "In order to finalize the work, I polish the surface of the works for weeks, layer after layer, to give them a special lacquer and shine that brings out the colours." For Edouard, his works are not meant to define a story, but to offer everyone a language to write their own story. The images are familiar but each one will take a different path to get there, and that is what drives him.

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The still lifes of Russian artist Nadejda Pastoukhova leave one wondering. They transport us into her dreamlike and poetic world, in which fruit come to life, where the banality of everyday life takes on a cosmic dimension, where we become aware of the beauty of simplicity. Ethereal but powerful, her paintings are an ode to the spiritual world but also to human presence.

"The poetry of reality, of everyday life attracts me. My compositions are very pure, as in the minimalist and intimate still lifes of Morandi, or like the audacious sprawl of Peter Doig's landscapes. Often, in my paintings, which represent objects or vast deserted landscapes, man is absent, but his presence is tangible: it is translated by objects he has created, touched, and perhaps left behind."

The grain and matt surface of her paintings are close to the murals she has seen in Russian Orthodox cathedrals. This surface also has a sensual aspect: one feels like touching the canvas, going over it with one's hand to feel its softness. Her painting evolves in layers; several dozen layers of semi-opaque colours mixed with wax (technique called "encaustic") finally create a rich and united chromatic atmosphere. "I particularly like the palettes of Italian painters of the Renaissance period, such as Bellini." For Nadejda, everything lies in the atmosphere of her artworks: "In my paintings, drawings or engravings, I try to create an atmosphere, a world where time is suspended. Silence and immensity envelop pure and simple compositions. Finally, I try to make objects, or places that we no longer look at, beautiful."

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Marcel Ceuppens is a positive artist who likes to make people happy. Last year, during a fair, we had an immediate crush on his work. His background as an art director in advertising has given him a keen eye for graphic design, and he is proving to be just as skilled as an artist. Sleek lines, a reduced range of colours, bowler hats and touches of formica... Marcel Ceuppens draws directly from the codes of art and design of the 1950s to create his prints.

"I'm a big fan of contemporary art, but it's mostly mid-century art that has had a major impact on me. And not only painting or sculpture, but also architecture, design, photography, cinema, music or advertising." If he likes that era so much, it's because artists and designers aimed to make things and life better. It was a time full of hope for a bright future. They were really providing answers, finding solutions, all with a great sense of aesthetics. And according to him, everything he does is influenced by this passion.

When Marcel gets to work, he has a vague idea of what he wants, but he doesn't really know where he's going, and why a piece works or doesn't work. "I always say that my abstract compositions are like visual Sudoku. I move, I slide, I change and I wonder about shapes and colors, in all possible directions, until it finally works! So I guess I don't really control where it takes me, I just know when the piece is finished and it's perfect." What does he want to share through his work? "One day, at an art fair, an older man in a suit was looking at my piece "The Bathers" for a very long time. And he was smiling. I asked him why he was smiling, he said he was smiling because it made him happy. That's the nicest compliment I've ever received. So I'd like you to say it makes you happy!"

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Dear all, dear friends,

We hope you are well, that your are taking care of yourself and of your loved ones, and wish you courage in the coming weeks. As you will have understood, the gallery has closed its doors until the storm passes, and we will be very happy to see you there as soon as possible. The fairs we were supposed to attend in the spring have fortunately been postponed to better days, you can keep posted by consulting the fairs section of our website.

In the meantime, the site will be updated daily with new works by our arists and we will take advantage of this period of break in the frenzy of life to offer you some reading about our artists. This way, we hope to take your mind off things. Discover over the weeks - via our newsletters or our Instagram - their inspirations, their techniques and maybe it will inspire you in turn to be creative in your spare time!

Finally, the works will still be available on the site, and despite the inevitable slowdown in delivery circuits, our team will do everything possible to ensure your orders.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:

cathy.bombard@enviedart.com / 06 80 07 41 89

Take care and stay safe

Cathy, Yann, Diane & Amélie

From 11th to 15th March, meet Envie d'Art at the Affordable Art Fair of Battersea in London (Booth D2). You will be able to admire the works of a dozen artists, including the latest addition Nick Veasey, but also Reinhard Görner, Peter Keizer, Cécile Plaisance, Nemo Jantzen and many others.

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Landscapes as far as the eye can see, richly decorated interiors, heights and depths... are all scenery that can be enhanced by simply triggering the small black box. From March 5 to April 15, come and admire the prowess of our photographers, constantly in search of new techniques to sublimate their subjects. You will discover the works of our new artist Nick Veasey, and you will rediscover those of Reinhard Görner, Jeff Robb, Mikael Lafontan and Didier Fournet.

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The unmissable Cécile Plaisance is once again at the forefront of the Parisian art scene with her work "La Cène", in which she recreates the biblical scene using Barbie dolls. On the occasion of the exhibition "Je mange donc je suis" at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, discover her unique vision of the last meal.

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We are very pleased to welcome British photographer Nick Veasey, who for the past 13 years has scanned more than 4,000 objects with X-rays, allowing us to "see things as they really are". We have already presented him at the LA Art Show earlier this month and his work can be seen in major international collections such as the Victoria & Albert museum in London, the Pushkin museum in Moscow and the Taipei museum of contemporary art.

Discover all his artworks here

Peter Hoffer portrays trees and invites the public to take a closer look at their posture, details and expressions. The Canadian artist, originally from Ontario, has not abandoned painting or the classic subject of landscape, which he revisits from his contemporary perspective. Inspired by 19th century vernissages, the dripping of the early abstract expressionists and deeply rooted in the artistic tradition of landscape painting, Peter Hoffer shares with us in this interview his processes and his vision of the future.

The trees that Peter paints are not a copy of an existing geography. Sometimes he paints from photographs, but most of the time these trees are reminiscences. However, whether they exist or not, he sees his work as more about technique, about how he perceives the world, rather than the reality of the world itself. A few kilometres from Montreal, Peter has a cottage in the middle of the forest, which has become his lair, a place where he loves to paint. When he gets started, he starts by painting with oil on wood, then the more creative part begins: he applies touches of acrylic paint and several coats of epoxy varnish, which he makes himself. This process was inspired by the varnishes used in the academic painting salons of the 19th century, a way of embellishing paintings and conserving them.

For the artist, it is a question of staging evocative landscapes, which will awaken memories, dreams, a feeling of déjà vu in each one. But at the second reading, if we see more than a landscape but a true reflection on art, the representation of nature and the painting as an object in itself, then he will have succeeded in his wager.

See all the works of Peter Hoffer

February is the best moment to visit California, AKA the Sunshine State ! If you are in the area by any chance from the 5th to the 9th, don't miss visiting us at booth 1201 of the LA Art Show, in Los Angeles.

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This month, we are pleased to welcome Marie-Ange Daudé, a feather worker by training, who creates portraits entirely made from feathers, to our team of Envie d'Art artists. Suspended on nylon threads, the feathers create plays of light and shadow, and exacerbate the softness, fragility and femininity of the faces she portrays.

Discover all her artworks here

We hope to see many of you at the opening of our new exhibition, which will take place on 16 January from 7 to 9 pm, at 24, rue Treilhard (Paris 8), in the presence of the artists.

It will be an opportunity to discover the feathered portraits of our new artist Marie-Ange Daudé, which are an ode to femininity, but also the works of Peter Hoffer which pay tribute to trees and their majesty. Finally, you will meet Hanna Sidorowicz, an artist who evokes our vulnerability through her vaporous portraits.

Register for the opening: cathy.bombard@enviedart.com

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From her years at the Fine Arts School of Gdansk in Poland, Hanna has been captivated by medieval and Renaissance painting. The symbolism, the imagination, the enchantment-- which at that time was communicated only through frescoes, stained glass windows and religious paintings -- gave life a metaphysical touch that we have lost sight of today. From Velasquez's meninas to cherubs and libraries, discover the many inspirations of this extraordinary painter, her creative process and her aspirations.

Like many artists, she is inspired by everything that surrounds us, but with an irrepressible desire to highlight the invisible. Other painters have done it before, like the Meninas for example, a theme that was taken up by Picasso who himself reinterpreted the work of Velasquez. And it was when she saw Picasso's series that she in turn was inspired by these symbolic figures of fleeting youth, of nascent femininity and of imperceptibly developing personalities. Hanna usually paints on paper, which she then pastes onto canvas. As for the colour red, she uses egg paint called "tempera", for the brilliance of the colour. As far as the creative aspect of her work is concerned, everything lies in the process, the repetition, the duration.

Today, she explores a new theme which is that of our reconnection with nature. By adorning the human figure with angel wings made of vegetal branches, she wanted to work on this contemporary need to reconnect with our origins, while keeping an eye towards the future. The idea of interweaving, too, is important to her and is the subject of a new series she started. She creates brush weaves to symbolize the invisible links that connect us to each other and to the world. What she wishes to share ? To offer, for a moment, the possibility of evading into a world that is more mystical than tangible, into an imaginary world that we sometimes lose consciousness of in the frenzy of daily life.

See all the works of Hanna Sidorowicz

For nearly twenty years, we have been pursuing our profession as gallery owners with love and passion. In 2020, our wish is to share this passion even more, and to take, together, the time for art. Meeting the artists, contemplating their works, understanding their approach, feeling shared emotions... are many moments of evasion that we wish to live with you. It is a breath of fresh air in our daily lives that we hope to offer you for many years to come. Happy new year to all!

Cathy, Yann, Diane, Anne & Laëtitia