Today, June 7 at 19.00 at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Gogol Boulevard, 10) will open the exhibition of French artist Philippe Pasqua "Painting and Drawing", which is held during the Year of France in Russia. It will present a public landmark paintings made by the artist over the past 10 years. The display exhibited more than 30 large-format works, which draw the viewer to the main themes of creativity Pasqua - candor, cruelty, reflect the most "wrong side" of human nature.

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starting and end point of time for Philippe Pasqua are his models. A sharp eye for detail view of the artist personality, the essence of each person. Creative credo Pasqua - uncompromising study of human nature and the nature of society. He is interested in topic norms and, consequently, disruption and crossing established boundaries.

And if the painting Pasqua said the spectator only for the flesh, the contours of the artist's drawings of the human body relaxed and airy.

Pictures Pasqua is associated with the work Lyusiena Freud and Jenny Saville, but a glance to understand the uniqueness of his style.

the exhibition at the Moscow Museum contemporary art book released to coincide with the publishing house Skira Paradis of the artist. Authors of monographs - Dmitry Ozerkov and David Rosenberg. During the opening of a presentation of the book and autograph session with the artist.

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The exhibition will be showing a movie Philippe Pasqua, l'insaisissable (directed by Nicolas Raynal, producers, Mark Rousseau, Jerome Cheval, France Télévisions). In the last year the director followed on the heels of the artist, taking everything that was happening in his life.

curator David Rosenberg of the artist:

"Painting Pasqua comes as a physical blow to a rare power, the image of true surgical precision. It always comes to large format: the minimum size corresponds to the scale of his works the artist himself. Over time, the circle of subjects increasingly closed: first, some fetishes and mysterious silhouettes, evocative cult of voodoo and primitive art, scenes of childbirth and surgery (sex change), dogs, babies, men, women and transgender people. Today, in the main body and face. Near human figure almost never have any add-ons and components. For Pasqua paint - is primarily photography.

Fractions of a second is enough to catch a fleeting facial expression, gesture or pose. Photos appear and are printed on paper. They strew desks in the studio or the buttons fastened to the walls. This may be a picture of strangers recently met an artist, but he prefers to work with models, whom he knew and wrote over the years. Constance, Ann, Arnaud, Kafi, Laura - many names do not cease to dapple in the list of works.

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In parallel with this carnal side of painting Pasqua are his drawings. They face and body appear halo, haze, smoke, stroke, vibration of air. It is not so much about the flesh, how much of the form, contour and refined texture ».

Philip Pascua born 1965 in Grasse. Lives and works in Paris. He began studying painting and sculpture in the 90 years and is now considered one of the most important artists of his generation. Written about him many well-known authors, including Pierre Restany and Michelle Valdberg.

Philippe Pasqua works are in many prestigious collections in France and abroad, often exhibited in public and private centers of modern art. Two monumental sculptures Pasqua were recently exhibited in Paris at the Champs-Elysees and in Venice during the 53rd Biennale of Contemporary Art. In early 2010, successfully completed a retrospective of the artist in the Fund Alure (Hannover, Germany).

exhibition is open to the public from 8 June to 4 July 2010.

Source: mmoma.ru