Artist's book.
The artist's book Au Pavillon des Lauriers (The Lorel Pavillion) could be compared to an opera's overture. It is the prelude of a work in progress, that will include drawings, paintings and installations. The book is a laboratory and outlines the themes and motives that will be presented in the following acts. In this series of works on paper the artist has confined himself to the use of blue and red pen. Paradoxically, the simplicity of this technique brings about the characteristics of elaborate print-making, exploring a colourful and richly textured visual universe made up of lines, dots and crosshatching. The enchainment of science fiction, supernatural effects, magical oriental rituals and mythological figures creates a kind of retro-futuristic world, situated somewhere between 19th century book illustration and persian miniatures, seen through the eyes of a contemporary. There is no linear story, the narration can be freely interpreted by the viewer. It is an hypnotic journey that begins with a wizard casting a spell and ends with the curtain falling on a theater's stage.
The work of Edouard Baribeaud is characterized by his bilingualism and a dual french-german cultural identity. Baribeaud has a command of the classical techniques – and delights in mixing them freely, combining seemingly incompatible styles within the same drawing. He likes to contrast the mundane with the mythical, to lead archaic figures through modern landscapes; and in doing so, to blend real personal experiences with invented memories. The fact that he likes working in extended series, with the individual drawings bearing a chronological and narrative coherence, point to this cinematic approach to drawing. He has shown internationally including solo shows at the Pavillon Blanc centre d'art de Colomiers, France, Nolan Judin Gallery, Berlin, Lieu Unique, Nantes.
published in November 2013
no text
19,5 x 25,5 cm (softcover)
28 pages (2 color Risograph print)
ISBN : 978-3-905999-46-4
EAN : 9783905999464
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