Philippe Mayer
At first glance, one is struck by the strange and fantastic aspect of the figures painted by Philippe Mayer. But that only sums up tiny piece of his work, because like metaphor, there is much more to understand. An underlying meaning inhabits its canvases. Current reality and vision of society are theatricalized, staged and dramatized. At the center of his canvases, a fragile, vulnerable, animal figure returns tirelessly. The surrounding environment is hostile, threatening, uncomfortable. Why ? How ? Everyone can go there with their hypothesis, but ultimately the question remains without a clear answer. Mayer is a bit of a painter of fate.
What is the impulse that drives you to decipher, decode, understand when the atmosphere imposes silence and contemplation? The exit door takes shape in the treatment of matter. There is undeniably a dichotomy between the suffering of the subjects and their polished appearance. The aesthetic, academic, even photographic brushstroke reminds us that painting is a solution, a prelude to reflection. It's all about nuance. Mayer manages to address paintings where the beautiful and the ugly, the good and the bad rub shoulders. The images first spring up in charcoal on the white canvas. They move, change and are part of a process of exploration. The resulting sketch is only really fixed by the acrylic. The brush details and specifies. It brings the final touch. Illustration is in a way a key to understanding Mayer's paintings. The medium of painting brings depth, large-format painted canvases too, but ultimately everything happens in the chaos of creation. From series to series, Mayer reinvents itself in its own way...always marrying aesthetics and narration.
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![La présence dans l'absence]()
La présence dans l'absence
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![La faille de la louve]()
La faille de la louve
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![Apex Desirium]()
Apex Desirium
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![Croquis I]()
Croquis I
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![Croquis II]()
![Croquis II]()
Croquis II
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![God save the queen]()
God save the queen
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![Tigre I]()
Tigre I
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![Tigre II]()
Tigre II
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![Tigre III]()
Tigre III
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![La peur de la nudité]()
La peur de la nudité
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![La peur d'être seule]()
La peur d'être seule
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![La peur de la réflexion]()
La peur de la réflexion
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![La peur de l'isolement]()
La peur de l'isolement
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![La peur des hauteurs]()
La peur des hauteurs
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