{"title":"Soulages ","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"209\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"82\"\u003eSOULAGES (1919-2022)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"85\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"118\"\u003eThe master of black who illuminates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"121\"\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"207\"\u003e“Black is the brightest color, when you give it the chance to be.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"247\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e ● Why is it fascinating? \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"773\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"395\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"395\"\u003e He reinvented black, he made it a light. For him, black is not an absence but an extreme light, a material, a vibration. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"534\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"534\"\u003e From 1979, he invented “Outrenoir”: a black designed with this light-color which changes according to the viewing angle and the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"773\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"773\"\u003eIn the 1940s and 1950s, he was already painting his broad brushes on the canvas with a completely radical approach. No subject, no figure, no narrative: just color and material, where the gaze is lost, as if facing a vibrant and living abyss. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"811\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e ● A very contemporary work \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1125\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"902\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"902\"\u003e Minimalist and powerful, his works speak to the era of purity and silent luxury. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003e Black, thick, ridged, polished, scratched, they invite contemplation. Soulages does not depict feelings, but we feel them: it is physical, monumental, hypnotic. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1125\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1125\"\u003e It is silence that vibrates. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1170\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e ● Why is it presented here? \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1698\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1240\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1240\"\u003e Because Soulages maintains a pure, raw, authentic radicalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1410\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1410\"\u003e Because Soulages is the biggest name in the French contemporary art market. Along with Rothko, Newman, and Franz Kline, he is one of the pioneers of modern abstraction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1510\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1510\"\u003e Because he was the first artist to be exhibited at the Louvre during his lifetime (in 2019 for his 100th birthday).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1698\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"1513\" data-end=\"1698\"\u003eBecause in addition to canvases, Soulages has a deep interest in the production of multiples – etchings, lithographs, serigraphs – which make up an integral part of his production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/2485\/2826\/collections\/DSC01374.jpg?v=1756812782","url":"https:\/\/artkob.com\/en\/collections\/soulages.oembed","provider":"ARTKOB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}