Pascal H. Poirot
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Mr. Grotz welcomed the guests in front of the large-format painting "Babel No. 10".
The wind quartet from the Südlicher Breisgau music school provided the musical accompaniment.
Francois Petry, who gave the introductory speech, sketched a broad panorama of Poirot's painting: He began as a "sofa painter" ... At the beginning of the 1980s, Poirot did indeed paint sofas with pictures of birds or love scenes. Later, he turned to pre-Columbian themes - the result of a friendship with a South American.
He then became fascinated by archaeology and developed a fondness for ancient motifs, such as ruins, which he added details from 19th century advertising prints.
Série les menines
The "Série les menines" was created as a result of his examination of the "Meninas - Painting" by Vélazques in the Prado/Madrid. Poirot took the room as a model and filled it with set pieces, creating a disconcerting atmosphere.
n.d., acrylic/egg tempera on wood, 157x150 cm, 2007
Petite vue d'atelier sans menines, acrylic / egg tempera on wood, 60x60 cm, 2007
Babel No. 10, acrylic/egg tempera on wood, 150x230 cm, 2001
The preoccupation with the Tower of Babel goes back, among other things, to the examination of Flemish painting of the 15th and 16th centuries. The Babel motif appears in many variations. The combination with a concrete mixer and the floating pontoons alienates the space and is reminiscent of comparable surrealist paintings by Giorgio de Chirico.
Sanglier No. 4, acrylic/egg tempera on wood, 44x60 cm, 2005
The baroque vanitas theme - everything is transient - is also part of the artist's repertoire. One of his frequently used motifs is the hunted wild boar.
Vita
- Born in 1958.
- lives and works in Alsace near Sélestat/Schlettstadt in the Weilertal valley.
- He studied art history and painting at the University of Strasbourg between 1978 and 1984, where he now trains young painters.