Mennessons, Painter and Sculptor
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One of Mennessons’ first etched works was called Je voudrais être un nuage (I wish I were a cloud). Throughout his life as a painter and sculptor he shunned the static, which for him was synonymous with death, and instead sought movement, particularly movement towards light. For him, his work was about the search for profound order, as it is in life. He influenced his works just as they influenced him. He is gone but they remain, witnesses of peace and life.
Read the full biographyDive into his works: Fugue n°2
Bach est vraiment le musicien qui a rythmé pour Mennessons l’année 1963. Cette “Fugue n°2” comme la “Fugue n°3” avec laquelle elle constitue un diptyque est traitée en gouache et encre de Chine. Les couleurs sont employées ici pures et franches. Les trois primaires - bleu, jaune, rouge - s’inscrivent à l’intérieur d’un cadre esquissé à l’encre de Chine. Les touches sont larges et espacées pour laisser vibrer le blanc du papier. Des traits noirs les griffent, légers comme le mouvement de fugue. L'ensemble traduit la joie et la clarté de cette musique.
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1963, Fugue n°2
Encre de Chine + gouache sur papier
Gallerie Simone Heller