Lot 241 - Benoît Dutour - Journey of a Fly on the Ceiling for Five Minutes During a Beautiful Summer Afternoon (Yellow)
Crayon and Posca on Paper
2022
A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
French artist based in Paris.
Inspired by the new realists, the humor of Magritte or the conceptual work of Duchamp, I use a wide range of techniques and mediums to offer multiple entry points into my universe.
Education
self-taught
Select Exhibitions/Awards
EXHIBITION:
2007 Willinsky & Scotto, Paris
2015 Solo-show "rue de Seine", Paris
2016 Bryan Cave, Paris
2019 Solo-show campus Ferrero (N°1 tennis player in 2003) in Spain
2019 Collective exhibition at gallery N’Oblige, Paris
2019 Series «Tears for Life» in the flagship of the luxury brand Smalto, Paris
2020 Gallery Teodora, Paris
INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCE:
2015 Art video « Shooting Stars » at Palais de Tokyo (via Souvenirs From Earth)
2019 Montsouris parc, Nuit Blanche 19
2019 Contribution to the “Amazing Panda” project in collaboration with the “Shanghai Exhibition Center” and Galeries Lafayette in China
2020 Place des Vosges, Nuit Blanche 20
MUSEUM:
2021 Painting « Easter confined » integrates the permanent collection of the MUCEM
2021 Optical Art Museum of Porrentruy, Switzerland
PUBLIC AUCTION:
2014 Drouot Paris
2017 France Kurdistan
2021 Drouot Online Paris
Gallery Representation
Ateliers Saint Honoré, Paris
H-Art, France
DNA Original Studio, Shanghaï
Lynne Consulting, Doha
Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
The painting sent to AOAP is literally a "JOURNEY OF A FLY ON THE CEILING FOR FIVE MINUTES DURING A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER AFTERNOON". What trace will we leave on earth? Probably no better than the course of this fly which turns in circles. The graphic result is however very harmonious and for that alone, life is worth living.
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