ART
Martin Barré |
Written 30 January |
Monday 06 September, 11:00Galerie Nathalie Obadia, 75004 [map]Martin Barré
Galerie Nathalie Obadia presents an ensemble of ten works by
Martin Barré. A leading proponent of abstract painting, Martin Barré probed the fundamental parameters of the medium: format, gesture, series, hanging, etc. In his work, line and form are elements of a syntax for ordering a potential structure within the space of the picture object and of its surroundings.
“I do not paint to convey moods,” said Barré, modestly. “I use a rule, a rule of the game. I transgress it when the painting requires me to do so.”
The ten paintings from 1991 presented at the gallery belong to a series built around the internal relations between colour, border and space. In 1972 Martin Barré began to work in series, each one based on a specific vocabulary of iterated and subtly subverted geometrical figures and an always limited range of colours. The role of colour gained in precision towards the end of the 1970s, with increasingly prominent contrasts and coloured areas. In the “91”’ series the chromatic unity is gentler, the colouring of the space more sustained – “sand-coloured,” the artist called it. A grey line painted freehand with a brush appears around the coloured forms.
Martin Barré was born in Nantes in 1924. At his death in 1993 he left a body of work whose diversity and intelligence ensure it an eminent position in the history of art of the second half of the twentieth century. Exerting a growing influence on young generations of painters, his work is to be found in many public and private collections and has featured in a number of major exhibitions.
| What: | Martin Barré |
| When: | Monday 06 September, 11:00 |
| Where: | Galerie Nathalie Obadia, 3 rue du Cloître Saint-Merri 75004 [map] |
| Transport: | Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville |
| Cost: | 0EUR |
| Phone: | +33 (0) 1 42 74 67 68 |
| Email: | info@galerie-obadia.com |
| Web: | www.galerie-obadia.com |
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