Exhibition can be viewed during Richmond Cultural Centre. The work of Philippe Gadenne evokes something that abstract yet wholly representational at the same time.
Date/Time: Nov 11 2016, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Richmond, Richmond Cultural CentreAge: All
Cost: Free
Philippe Gadenne was born and raised in northern France in a small village called Halluin. Philippe remembers well the portraits his father painted of his mother. His personal devotion and a more formal art education at school allowed him to pursue his talent. The wealth of teachers in France allowed Philippe to study privately with master painters in his early twenties in a concerted effort to broaden his sense of composition and refine his technique. His work evokes something that is abstract, yet wholly representational at the same time. Playing with harmonies of brazen colour, bold and uplifting palette knife work and logical form, Philippe incorporates movement and imaginative placement of subject matter. In a delightfully unapologetic style that enraptures viewers, Philippe invites us to a celebration of the most primary of our senses, a veritable joie de vivre! Visit Philippe's website listed in this post.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My paintings are the result of a lifelong passion. This vocation is an inherently personal pursuit, indeed that which has been built on a commitment to the betterment of my compositions by learning more about both myself and the universe around me. These intense observations have led to a repertoire that evokes a sense of something that is profoundly organic and changing in my works. There is a consistent, exciting marriage of new ideas, rendered by the immediacy of my conscious exploration, and newly discovered again as soon as I move back from the canvas, thus suggesting a subconscious informant. This melody of colour, experiences, form, philosophy and subliminal explorations inform the final composition.
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