BERNARD CHAUCHET CONTEMPORARY ART

VINCENT BIOULÈS

BERNARD CHAUCHET CONTEMPORARY ART VINCENT BIOULÈS SICILY Private View Wednesday 4th March 2015 at 55 Hollywood Road, London SW10 9HX Drinks: 6.30-9.00pm Exhibition From 5 th until 27 th March 2015 The entire exhibition can be viewed on: www.chauchet.com Paintings are for sale from receipt of this catalogue Front cover - The Bay of Scoglitti (detail) oil on canvas 130x162cm Above - The Garden at Kamarina I charcoal, pastel and gouache on paper 50x65cm 55 HOLLYWOOD ROAD, LONDON SW10 9HX Tel: 020 7352 2772 07711 43 68 68 bernard@chauchet.com www.chauchet.com OPENING HOURS Mon - Fri 10.30am - 6.30pm Sat 11.00am - 5.00pm

A painter, grown old - especially if he has worked hard throughout his life - has what the French call bagage. Faced with a new space, new shapes, a different landscape, he knows how to approach a new world efficiently, perhaps even happily, stimulated and surprised by the joy of discovery. But all this can only take place with light, the soul of the landscape - and if this light is also new, the painter is suddenly in a quandary. He is confronted not with having to re-learn everything that he already knows, but rather with having to forget everything he knows, which compels him to look, not using his knowledge and his experience, but with the innocence of a child. It is no easy task. This light that bathes the landscape and fills his eyes, plunges him into a new adventure. What better dream is there for a painter than to be rejuvenated and hence suddenly dispossessed? This is what happened to me in Sicily, where the light took me back to being a young painter again. In conclusion, I want to say: thank you with all my heart to those who have made this irreplaceable experience possible. Un peintre devenu vieux, et surtout s il a beaucoup travaillé, possède «un bagage» comme on dit en français. Confronté à un nouvel espace, de nouvelles formes, une autre nature, le voilà capable d aborder ce nouvel univers avec efficacité, peut ètre même avec bonheur, stimulé par la joie de la découverte et de la surprise ; seulement tout cela n existe pas sans la lumière qui est l âme du paysage, et si cette lumière à son tour est nouvelle, voici notre peintre subitement démuni. Confronté non pas à tout apprendre il sait déjà mais justement, à tout oublier, dans l obligation de regarder non plus au travers de son savoir, de son expérience, mais avec l innocence d un enfant. Ce n est pas une mince affaire. Cette lumière qui baigne le paysage et dont il s emplit les yeux le plonge dans l aventure. Peut on rêver mieux pour un peintre soudain rajeuni parce que dépossédé? Ce fut ce qui m arriva en Sicile où soudain la lumière me transforme en jeune peintre, et je dirai en manière de conclusion : merci de tout cœur à qui m a permis de vivre cette irremplaçable expérience. Vincent Bioulès Février 2015. Photos Pierre Schwartz The Villa, Kamarina charcoal, pastel and gouache on paper 50x65cm 2 3

On the Road to Scicli charcoal and pastel on paper 50x65cm On the Road to Scicli oil on canvas 81x100cm 4 5

Donnafugata III charcoal and pastel on paper 50x65cm Donnafugata III charcoal pastel and gouache on paper 29x41cm Donnafugata III oil on canvas 97x162cm 6 7

On the Road to Donnafugata charcoal and pastel on paper 50x65cm On the Road to Donnafugata oil on canvas 73x92cm 8 9

Donnafugata II charcoal and gouache on paper 16.5x21cm Donnafugata II oil on canvas 97x130cm 10 11

The Bay at Scoglitti charcoal, gouache and pastel on paper 50x65cm The Bay at Scoglitti oil on canvas 73x92cm 12 13

Storm at Donnafugata charcoal and pastel on paper 50x65cm Storm at Donnafugata oil on canvas 81x100cm 10 14 11 15

Castiglione charcoal and pastel on paper 50x65cm Castiglione charcoal, gouache and pastel on paper 25x32cm Castiglione oil on canvas 89x116cm 16 17

Donnafugata I charcoal and gouache on paper 16.5x21cm Donnafugata I oil on canvas 97x130cm 18 19

Donnafugata charcoal, pastel and gouache on paper 29x41cm The Sea charcoal, pastel and gouache on paper 50x65cm 20 21

The Garden at Kamarina II charcoal, pastel and gouache on paper 50x65cm Abandoned Farm charcoal and pastel on paper 50x65cm 22 23

Above - Kamarina V Back cover - Kamarina VI charcoal, pastel and gouache on board 26x35cm charcoal, pastel and gouache on paper 21x16.5cm 24 Member of the Supports / Surfaces group in the late 60s, he detached from this artistic movement in 1972 gradually returning to figuration and painting traditional subjects as landscapes, interiors, figures, portraits, nudes, mythological scenes, in the form of themes and variations. His work is represented in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, CAPC Bordeaux, the Museums of Nice, Antibes, Toulon, Marseille, Montpellier, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg, Clermont-Ferrand, Ceret and in a number of FRAC (Fonds régional d art contemporain). Bioulès has exhibited in New York (Robert Miller Gallery), Zurich (Galerie Bischofberger), Paris (Galerie Daniel Templon) and is currently represented by galleries in Montpellier (Galerie Hélène Trintignan), Paris (Galerie Vieille du Temple) and London (Bernard Chauchet Contemporary Art). Museum and Institution Solo Exhibitions (Selection) 1990 Vincent Bioulès, rétrospective de l œuvre graphique, 1957-1990, Musée de l Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d Olonnes Portraits, nus et paysages (œuvre graphique), Galerie de l Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris 1991 Peintures, 1958-1991 - Le tableau, la fenêtre, Centre d Art Contemporain, Saint-Priest ; Musée Picasso, Antibes 1992 Nues, Musée d Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne 1993 Nues, Galerie Vidal-Saint-Phalle, Paris Espaces et figures, Galerie L Oeil écoute, Lyon 1994 Dessins - Peintures, Ecole Régionale des Beaux Arts, Valence 1995 Vincent Bioulès : Parcours, 1965-1995, rétrospective, Musée de Toulon ; Pavillon du Musée Fabre, Montpellier 1996 Peintures et dessins, 1966-1995, Institut d Arts & Techniques de Bretagne, Brest 1999 Landscapes, seaside views, Thibault et Mariana de Saint Phalle, Alliance Française de Naples, Floride, Etats-Unis Vincent Bioulès, Jalons, 40 ans de peinture, rétrospective, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch 2000 Mythologies, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris Nus, paysages et mythologies, Espace Ecureuil, Toulouse, Au fil de l eau, les Fontaines d Aix, Musée des Tapisseries, Aix en Provence. 2001 Autour de Vincent Bioulès : Vincent Bioulès avant Supports/Surfaces, 1958-1970, Chapelle des Ursulines, Quimperlé ; Œuvres graphiques, parcours, 1955-2000, Galerie Tal-Coat, Hennebont ; Le paysage à Marseille dans les années 1990, Ecole Supérieure d Art, Lorient Portraits, nus, paysages et mythologies, Musée d Art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand 2002 Un autre Bioulès, Château Borély, Marseille Nus, paysages et mythologies, Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer 2004 Approche d Aigues-Mortes, Chapelle des Capucins, Aigues-Mortes 2006 Espace et Paysage, 1966-2006, Musée d Art Moderne de Céret L Atelier gris, Musée des Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence 2009 Vincent Bioulès et la Villa Médicis, Les dessins romains, Hôtel Estrine,Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Vincent Bioulès, Chapelle Saint-Louis des Gobelins, Mobilier national, Paris 2010 Vincent Bioulès, paysages du sud, Musée du Cardinal Fleury, Lodève 2011 Bioulès Roma, Cabinet des dessins Jean Bonna, ENSBA, Paris Une donation au Musée Fabre, Montpellier 2012 Vincent Bioulès, Chemins de Rome à Montauban, Musée Ingres, Montauban

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