Gérard Garouste
Correspondances (Gérard Garouste – Marc-Alain Ouaknin)
One year after his spectacular museum retrospective “The Other Side” in Delhi, India, French painter Gérard Garouste unveils “Correspondances”. Three years in the making, this exhibition was prompted by his research work under the guidance of famous French philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin
Both men have been sharing a common passion for philosophy, the study of Talmud, Kabbalah and the literature of the German-speaking writer Franz Kafka. In this new series, Gérard Garouste combines with ease realism and fantastic elements. He boldly juxtaposes different era, symbols and characters in ambiguous settings, suggesting a myriad of narratives and secret connections around the universe of Kafka.
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The artist
Born in 1946 in Paris, Gérard Garouste lives and works in Paris and Normandy. He is one of the leading figures in French art. As both painter and sculptor, he is obsessed by the origins of our culture, myths and the legacy left us by the old masters. His own life is the springboard for his work on ‘dismantling images and words’ and his fascination with the questions of origins, time and transmission. His paintings are born of associations of ideas. Now unsettling, now joyful, they teem with animals, some of them fantastical, and a cast of different characters. His sources range from the Bible to popular culture and literary greats, from Cervantes to Rabelais.
