When
one arrives in front of these works one feels an impression
of chapel, place of worship. It has highly-rated one holiday,
one remembers oriental tales, it hen one enters the arched room,
in the heart of the Galerie L'ARCHE one is struck by the atmosphere
which gets free of the installation of the works of the painter
AUQUIER. It is the stage setting which regroups paintings ,
sculptures, glass works, in a space by creating an atmosphere,
a mysterious atmosphere, which existed in the works of the painter
AUQUIER but which did not appear with so much force.
After
traveling to Pompei, Rome, Sicily, painter returned disturbed
by the wealth and the abundance of decorations Romans and
Bysantins. To Pompei, walls are covered with frescoes, the
grounds of mosaics, ceilings are decorated with mouldings
, worked: everything is decoration.
The
Roman used trunk the eye, the perspective,but also the creation
of space through decorations. In Rome and in SICILY, the Byzantine
basilicas give the same impression of profusion of decorations,
marble, mosaics, frescoes.
The
artist wanted to give this dimension has his work.This installation
gives an impression of wealth, one discovers to it a dimension
which opens the way to the spiritualite and to the mystery.
Often the painting of the painter AUQUIER were consisted of
various parts, the painting is in the painting, current presentation
came in a natural way.
When
we arrive before this works we feel one impression of chapel,of
place of adoration.It is the feast, we remember oriental story,
we are out of one's element in total disorientation
Paintings
are able the ground, as pavements of mosaic. Glance is not
any more the same, one does not see any more the painting
of face, it is necessary to tilt the head downward, it is
another step, another concept, another dimension. One has
another approach of the work has the feet, one dives into
the work.
One
is very far from the traditional exposition. One feels the
same sensation as in front of a accumulation, an accumulation
of ex-voto, one feels a mystic spirit.
The
public reacts very well in front of this new conception of
the exposition. Someone want to walk barefoot in the work
of the artist, it is then, a work in three dimensions. The
others would like seeing it in halls, and integrer works in
an architectural project, in a castle, so that there is more
retreat, more dimension, they would like listening, composing
a music... One would like seeing walking there persons, nymphs,priestess,
one feels there a magic spirit.
Bit
by bit the idea to prolong this exhibition came, the photo
and the video have be used. All understood that it was a new
concepts: one enters the world of the artist, it is the honor
that to be invited there.
Myriam Angilella-Scot