The work of art presented by Vincent Barré at Chaumont-sur-Loire reflect the way he relates to the idea of Nature.
“It was my discovery of the Pietà (altarpiece) by Jean Fouquet – one of the finest Renaissance paintings – in Nouans-les-Fontaines, not far from Chaumont-sur-Loire, that got me musing once again on timeless things: The majestic sweeps of colour on the clothes which structure the large wooden panel, the interplay of impassive, internalised faces, the tight composition around a broken form, the chastity of a nude ... And in the bottom left-hand corner, lying on the ground like the three nails, a crown of solid twisted branches. The emotions stirred up before this painting inspired me to give them substance through sculpture, for a presentation of two works in the resolutely contemporary setting of Chaumont”.
In the Historic Grounds, on the hillside, Vincent Barré has laid out a cast iron sculpture in 6 parts, through which we can see the surrounding landscape, ever changing, always fragmented and framed by the rings when we move or rest a moment between the blocks.
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