Mark Rothko & …

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WE LIKE THE APPROACH

The drawing “Mark Rothko & the outstretched hands” belongs to the series “Room portraits”. In his works, Damien Nicolas Roux imagines sublime interiors decorated around a prestigious work. To stage the reproduced canvas, he inserts iconic furniture and lighting fixtures and collectors’ items. His freedom as a facetious artist sometimes leads him to construct a second mise en abyme. Thus he slips one of his own creations into this imaginary interior. Indeed, Damien Nicolas Roux is also a plastic artist and creates obelisks and pyramids in cardboard and brass. They fit perfectly into the decor. The work is in the work, but the artist too, since he plays to hide his signature (DNR) in his drawing, do you see it? Finally he never forgets to add a little life in the form of a human or animal presence.

Each drawing is accompanied by a colored paper mat in one of the colors recommended by the artist. A work with surprising and accomplished techniques, which mixes references to painting, architecture and decorative arts.

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“Mark Rothko & the Stretched Hands” presents a painting by the American master of abstract expressionism. The painting “Red on Red” dated 1969, is set in a refined aesthetic. The lighting takes a master place with the articulated wall lamp of Jieldé. On a “Espana” chest of drawers by Dorothy Draper, a pair of Japanese cloisonne vases, replicate a bowl with lemons and a neo-classical obelisk by DNR itself.

AND MORE

We also like the humor of Damien Nicolas Roux: who do these two little hands stretched towards the painting belong to? This is the question Manuel Crépon answers. He signs 12 narrative texts to accompany each drawing of the series. The printed booklet with all the texts and drawings will be included free of charge with the delivery.

Photo credit: Damien Nicolas Roux and Galerie Maison Dauphine.