Meeting & book signing : Albert Chubac, une vie d’artiste by Patrick Boussu and Cynthia Lemesle. Friday 14 January 2022, 4 pm to 6.30 pm .
Meeting & book signing : Albert Chubac, une vie d’artiste by Patrick Boussu and Cynthia Lemesle. Friday 14 January 2022, 4 pm to 6.30 pm . The Galerie Eva Vautier is delighted to welcome Patrick Boussu and Cynthia Lemesle for the presentation and signing of the illustrated book Albert Chubac, une vie d’artiste, published by Éditions South Art. — Albert Chubac, une vie d’artiste Illustrated account by Patrick Boussu and Cynthia Lemesle 24 x 30 cm, 368 pages, Price: €50. Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After studies in decorative arts, then at the Geneva School of Fine Arts, he obtained grants to travel to Italy, Algeria, Spain, Egypt and Greece, stages that would mark his work. Gradually, he broke away from his classical training and from figuration, moving towards abstraction through encounters and the influence of contemporary artists (Bonnard, Matisse, Nicolas de Staël, Mondrian, Georges Mathieu, Hans Hartung to name a few…). He settled permanently on the Côte d’Azur in 1964, in Aspremont, north of Nice, between earth and sky, which reminded him of the landscapes of Greece… In his small, very spartan house-studio, he worked with a range of primary colours in flat planes, developed modular structures in wood, then in Plexiglas whose luminous qualities he loved… Finally, he developed three-dimensional collages around the primary colours, using simple, lively and moving forms that characterise his work, between constructivism and geometric abstraction, in a playful and poetic spirit steeped in the artist’s joie de vivre… Associated with the École de Nice, he mixed with contemporary creators such as Arman, César, Yves Klein, Martial Raysse, Malaval, Alocco, Ben, Gilli and Viallat… In 2004, following the major retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain de Nice, he donated around a hundred works to the City of Nice. A tribute to this great artist, this book is neither a catalogue raisonné nor a scientific study: it allows us to trace and follow the evolution of his work, to better understand his work, his quest for the essential and for stripping back, and to bring him to life for a few images, and to share the enthusiasm of those who knew and appreciated him.
