beaux livres : photo, architecture, art

This monograph brings together works created by Olivier Gourvil over the last fifteen years, with the oldest dating back to 2004. The paintings form the central theme of this monograph, which is punctuated and sequenced by drawings. The artist’s paintings filter through an immense repertoire of sign structures, some of which are derived from urban or bodily signs. This monograph allows us to observe the evolution of this repertoire over the last fifteen years. It also highlights the strong and constantly evolving relationship between two major blocks of work: painting and drawing.
 The drawings, almost always in black and white, revolve around painting in three distinct forms: preparatory drawings, autonomous drawings, and ghost drawings.

The monograph therefore seeks to express these connections through the choice of works, layouts, and papers, as well as through two texts by Antonia Birnbaum and an interview with the artist by Guitemie Maldonado.

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