Paintings

I'm very attached to Montpellier, my city, for its light, its architecture, its culture and its technology. I also have an emotional and human relationship whit her, enriched by my own experience and memories. The paintings in the MONTPELLIER séries establish a link between the real, geographical city and the invented, imaginary and exotic city where, for example, the presence of Africa emerges among other incongruous elements. In this urban scenography, the realism of the description of places meets the fantasy of invention.
The city becomes my mental space, inhabited by presences we forget to see.
My paintings invite you to take a still journey, where you feel like a stranger in your own home as you discover another unusual city. They create a sense of disorientation, bringing together the here and the there.
Mais ils interrogent aussi. Les sites emblématiques de la ville renvoient à des messages avec, notamment, la toponomastique détournée (Peyrou/Pérou ; étangs/détends ; arbre blanc/arbre à palabres…). A travers des références, qui fonctionnent comme des réseaux de signes parfois énigmatiques, le décor urbain devient prétexte à questionnements sur des problématiques actuelles : l’image, la consommation, les valeurs, les droits, les loisirs. Les filtres rendent la réalité plus douce, plus acceptable.
The city serves as a paradigm for the urban reality of our time and our complex relationship with society.