The Weekly Cross / 2006
Emmanuel Berthier Shares His Dreams
Young Artist, Emmanuel Berthier Exhibits His Works For The First Time In Paris. The Gallery Of "the Head Of" Art." One Of His Paintings Is Selected For The Next French Artists' Show At The Grand Palais In Paris. Paris. Langres Will Have Propelled Him; At The Forefront Of The Parisian Scene.
«This Presentation of The Works Of Emmanuel Berthier Fits Exactly Into The Status Of "the Head of Art". Indeed It This Is The Very First Time That The Artist Has Exhibited. It’s Still A Pictorial Chick. Our Associative Commitment Is To Help It Achieve Its Goals. Leave The Nest Of The Workshop, In Order To Make It Take Flight By Offering It Our Picture Rails As Its First Artistic Perch.
These Sentences Uttered By Christian-Benoit Lannes, President Of The Association “la Tête De L’art” During The Opening Still Resonate In Emmanuel’s Ears Berthier. “Before My Meeting With Benoît, I Had Not Realized What I Was Doing. Just One Canvas. However, He Trusted Me And Asked Me For Help. "to Prepare Around Thirty In A Year," Recalls Emmanuel. “I Always Had a Pencil. Hand, Indian Ink And Notebooks Drawing Nearby,” Confides This Young 38-year-old Artist, A Designer At Heart. But From There à Transcribing This Expression In Painting And Color On Canvases Of One Square Meter, Black And White Drawings Of Ten Centimeters Square, There Is Still A Serious Step Forward. To Overcome! A Challenge, that Emmanuel Did Not Hesitate To Take On! à Take Up. “There Was finally No Attempt, I Threw Myself Into It. Directly To "to Paint Without Asking Any Questions," He Reports, Quite Astonished. Of His Audacity. “I Start With An Idea, For Example A Musical Theme, And I Put It On Stage Using Sketches. Indian Ink, I Finalize It And Only Afterwards, I Think About It. The Color And Shape It Will Have On The Canvas. I Look For Harmony, Complementarity, I'm Pure But Not Too Much,” He Explains. The “first Juice Will Be Made With Very Diluted Colors Before Moving On To A More Sustained Medium. Such Creative Facilities Are Not Enough; Above All, A Lot Of Work Is Required. Emmanuel Berthier Loves The Atmosphere Of The Night « I Need Intimacy, Concentration, Immersing Myself In The Subject To Be Able To Let Myself Go. Create, He Confides. For Me, Painting Is Inviting Others To Paint. Enter This World Which Is Not Theirs. I Offer Them Part Of My Dreams. Thus Was Born For The Pleasure Of Visitors To The Exhibition At The René-Lemaire Space, « An Imaginary Bestiary Populated By Trumpet Bird Hybrids, Serpentine Volatile Androgynes, Improbable Mutants With Elastic Flights, In Short, Singular Half-human, Half-beast Characters With Prominent Noses, But These Nasal Appendages: Beaks Or Claws ?», describes The President Of "the Head Of Art" Christian-Benoît Lannes Has Several Reasons To Be Satisfied. The Artist's Work Is Unique. The Height Of Its Expectations, But In Addition one Of The Paintings D'Emmanuel Has Just Been Selected For The French Artists' Show At The Grand Palais In Paris. Paris. Still Under The Influence Of Emotion, Emmanuel Berthier Does Not Intend To Stop There. Century), A Painter “of The Symbol” Who Made More Than Ten Thousand Small-format Works, Of Very Diverse Inspirations, Emmanuel Wishes To Continue His Quest And Share It With Visitors.
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