RENK
TRIPS ON THE MOTIF
27.01 – 07.04.2023
Exhibition location

La Galerie 75 Faubourg collabore avec la Galerie Enrico Navarra pour prĂ©senter une exposition de l’artiste Renk, composĂ©e d’une sĂ©lection d’Ɠuvres sur toile inĂ©dites de la sĂ©rie Voyages sur le motif. Peintes sur sept
destinations de 2020 Ă  2022, 13 des 24 toiles sont prĂ©sentĂ©es aujourd’hui Ă  la Galerie 75 Faubourg, et les 11 derniĂšres toiles seront exposĂ©es Ă  la Villa Navarra (Le Muy, France) cet Ă©tĂ©. L’exposition dĂ©voile Ă©galement toutes
les étapes de leur création à travers des vidéos.

CommencĂ©e Ă  Paris, la sĂ©rie Voyages sur le motif est surtout le fruit de plusieurs sĂ©jours en Bretagne. Chaque toile a Ă©tĂ© créée face Ă  la nature, face au ciel, et porte le nom de son lieu de crĂ©ation : Champ de Mars, Dinard, Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, Île-de-BrĂ©hat, Crozon, Île Bruc, Belle-Île
 Renk emprunte le chemin des impressionnistes et, comme eux transporte son matĂ©riel pour peindre en extĂ©rieur, sans esquisse prĂ©alable. Il peint « sur le motif ».

Artiste autodidacte, il utilise la bombe aĂ©rosol pour reprĂ©senter des ciels dans lesquels les couleurs s’estompent pour laisser apparaĂźtre l’harmonie. Le ciel est au centre de sa recherche, non pour son effet pittoresque mais pour illustrer, avec spontanĂ©itĂ©, les variations de couleurs, des ombres et des lumiĂšres. Ces Ɠuvres sont une accumulation de son tag « Renk », de taille et couleur diffĂ©rentes, rĂ©pĂ©tĂ© Ă  l’infini jusqu’à disparition.

Alors que le graffiti est un moyen d’expression souvent associĂ© Ă  des notions de revendication, d’appropriation, et de territoire, Renk semble au contraire dĂ©terminĂ© Ă  faire disparaĂźtre son tag en le rĂ©pĂ©tant Ă  l’infini, tout en conservant le geste crĂ©atif et la technique de l’aĂ©rosol. La rĂ©pĂ©tition inlassable de son tag a toujours Ă©tĂ© Ă  la base de ses Ɠuvres, mais sa mĂ©thode Ă©volue au fil des sĂ©ries. Jusque-lĂ , toutes ses peintures Ă©taient créées Ă  partir de son imagination, et rĂ©alisĂ©es en intĂ©rieur. Renk commence Ă  peindre Ă  la lumiĂšre du jour, face Ă  la nature, aprĂšs avoir montĂ© un chĂąssis dans les vignes lors d’un sĂ©jour dans le Sud de la France. Et bientĂŽt naissent ses premiĂšres toiles peintes en contemplant le ciel.

« Je viens du graffiti. Mon intention Ă©tait d’aller en atelier pour faire ma peinture, et au bout de quelques annĂ©es ça a Ă©tĂ© l’inverse. C’est devenu ‘je veux sortir de l’atelier’. » (Renk, 2022)

Artiste plein de contrastes, entre foisonnement et ordre, maturitĂ© et obsessions de l’enfance, sĂ©rĂ©nitĂ© des tableaux et Ă©nergie de son acte crĂ©atif, Renk mĂȘle brillamment ses influences du street art et de l’impressionnisme pour crĂ©er Voyages sur le motif.

TRIPS ON THE MOTIF

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RENK
VOYAGES SUR LE MOTIF II
Exhibition booklet
2023
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ABOUT THE ARTIST

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Such pains, duties to them, as if it illuminates distinctions by itself and lets free, you are in personal care. And pain under itself, then the present, and the pleasure of the desire, and the peace of the expedition. And the pain, then the apology, then the maximum, and so, the work, then the sampling.

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