The creation of a world
"Searching for life in matter|"
New @Art Dumay artist Jean Loup Gasnier, who emphasizes the main sense of a creative search and part of a tireless quest
JEAN-LOUP GASNIER was born in Martigues on April 22, 1952 and is a painter. Ecn choice, certainly, but also the result of an original path. Essentially, JEAN-LOUP GASNIER was initially attracted to sculpture. Since his very young years, he has worked with the most difficult materials, especially with stone. An intuitive mastery of the masses that quickly made him famous. At the age of sixteen he had his first exhibition. When he was twenty, JEANLOUP GASNIER, forced to stop sculpting for lack of money, worked in the decorative arts and designed contemporary furniture. But the desire to return to visual expression will be stronger.
In 1984, JEAN-LOUP GASNIER finds the visual creation again. This is then his encounter with painting.
Created by practical reasons. Painting does not require, as sculpture does, resources. a studio, materials and so on, which I could not yet take on ...
His meeting with Alain Delagnes in 1987 and his support will finally allow JEAN-LOUP GASNIER to devote himself entirely to his art in a favourable environment. An exhibition in Gen?ve in June 1989 is the end result of his persistence. I undergo painting as a real asceticism" confirms JEAN-LOUP GASNIER.