Bangkok: The Art of Jean-Marc Louis December 4, 2009
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A special exhibition of contemporary art by the artist Jean-Marc Louis will be hosted at V9 in the Sofitel, Bangkok Silom from 20th December 2009 to 19th February 2010, giving art lovers the opportunity to see the work of this fantastically talented artist who welds the graphic and the surreal in an awesome combination of design precision and breathless observations in space and time. Following the success of his most recent exhibitions in London, Jean-Marc Louis will present his work for the first time in Thailand, the country where he has been a permanent resident now for more than two years. Jean-Marc Louis’s choices of sober colors and refined lines, unusual materials and captivating combinations have long made him well established on the international art market with permanent representation in Brussels, Paris, St Tropez, London, New York, Los Angeles, etc. His abstract impressionism is the reflection of Jean-Marc’s numerous travel experiences, his love of, and interest in, ethnic cultures, as well as an in-depth research of minimalism.
The Bangkok exhibition will comprise paintings and sculptures presenting Jean-Marc Louis’s latest inspiration, which will immerse the public in a shimmering universe where art arouses atmosphere and deep emotions.
The Sofitel Bangkok Silom combines the value of modernity, refinement and comfort, whereas the V9 Bar and Restaurant, venue and host of the exhibition, is imbued with the French “art de vivre” and the Thai genuine haven of peace. Located on the 37th floor of the hotel, the V9 offers one of the best views of Bangkok, reinforcing the expansive charm of the urbane ambiance
Born in 1959, Jean-Marc Louis travelled a lot and he absorbed light, which will illuminate all of his artwork. His long stay in Africa has immersed him into ochre and Brown and these colours constitute the background of his paintings. His Thai experience, has converted him to recycling materials of which he knows how to Read their story and he rehabilitates them until he brings them to life.
In an abstractive research, numerous ways are experimented with. The artist does not have a lack of imagination… Ancient canvas, cartons or sometimes the Wood, will be the framework of materials and as much heterogeneous as obsolete maps, media coverage removed from. old newspapers ( we fancy to Read them) or plenty of tousled thread. Collages of « diverse and varied » materials are treated with lots of care, revealing to us timeless colours with patina, a little like Braque’s way…
We can also discover very sober colours in a set of combinations where lines and strokes illustrate in an abstract expressionist way some mysterious calligraphies. Compositions are always structured to a spatial burst, never random; we are in an organised mess, in Miro’s manner. Even frames themselves take part in the party with the cycle “Thung na” which intensifies some points or red spots.
It seems that Jean-Marc Louis would like to escape from any classification; so much his artwork is timeless. A good idea, effectively, for this association with ancient frames, all periods taken together, the mixing of styles and periods is never obvious. Constructions need all attention to divulge themselves by signs, but they keep a little of their enigma. Obviously, signs have a meaning we have to decipher!!! In fact, Jean-MarcLouis restores this warm atmosphere that we do know from Braque or Miro… The aerial and spacial character can also be found in the sculpted artwork with the cycles of ” Formes”, ” Birds” or “Sankassi” where oxidised metal offres us softened pigmentations with singular nuances.
Jean-Marc Louis remains an original artist, outside any fashion current.
According to this view, his work constitutes an absolute contribution to the history of contemporary art. We can feel a huge spirit of freedom, indispensable to the realisation of an accomplished artwork.
This is work of great quality that will logically find centre stage on the international art market.
