Pierre Soulages (born 24 December 1919) is a french painter, engraver, and sculptor. Born in Rodez, Aveyron, in 1919, Soulages also is known as "the painter of black" because of his interest in the colour, "...both a colour and a non-colour. When light is reflected on black, it transforms and transmutes it. It opens up a mental field all of its own". He sees light as a matter to work with; striations of the black surface of his paintings enable him to make the light reflect, allowing the black to come out from darkness and into brightness, thereby becoming a luminous colour.
More paintings...
Centre Pompidou
Soulages Museum
Pierre Soulages website
No comments:
Post a Comment