Exhibition

Paint to tell the world

Christian Sorg

The Bouvet Ladubay Contemporary Art Center presents, from June 1st to September 29th, “Peindre pour dire le monde” (“Paint to tell the world”), an exhibition by Christian Sorg.

«Christian Sorg, wherever he is, names the world while painting, as others tell us about it while sleeping», Sylvain Amic, General Curator of Heritage, Director of Museums, Cultural Advisor.

From June 1st to September 29th 2024 the artist will exhibit a set of paintings, monotypes on canvas and drawings in the 8 halls of the Bouvet Ladubay Contemporary Art Center in Saumur.

A choice of around forty works, evoking certain aspects of his painting, monotypes on canvas, works on paper, from 1989 to 2024.

This selection will highlight his pictorial choices, his sources of inspiration in the country where he likes to live and work in the south of Aragon, and that of the Vézelay region, in the workshops of Fontenille.

Reproduction n°1:
Los prados suite n° 9 (détail)
TM sur toile
154 x 196,5 cm
Courtesy Musée de la Vallée de la Creuse

Reproduction n°2:
Mirabilis
179 x 261 cm
Courtesy Galerie Dutko

Reproduction n°3:
Suite Calciole
92 x 120 cm
Courtesy Galerie Dutko

Reproduction n°4:
Los Prados, suite 2022
152 x 192 cm
Courtesy Christian Sorg

Reproduction n°5:
Taureau
208 x 191,5 cm
Courtesy Minetto