berlin art scouts | Michel Carmantrand

Michel Carmantrand‘s abstractions take you into a world where your destination is unknown. His sensitive use of colour is somewhere between an infinite empty space and a direction where objects connect with each other in a chaotic fashion. The colours first appear to run across the canvas and then explode. It is impossible to interpret them on a reality level. Indeed, the arbitrary constellations reveal powerful and dynamic processes that appear to possess a collaborative cohesion. The colours are in free fall and the net that could cushion this fall is the viewer him/herself.
But some objects fall through

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	Michel Carmantrand 6 february – 3 april 2009 opening 5 february 2009, 6 - 9 pm -> Michel Carmantrand.pdf \| 300 KB
	Haarig, 2008. Acrylic on canvas, 185x185cm	TWOZEROZEROEIGHT
		Michel Carmantrand‘s abstractions take you into a world where your destination is unknown. His sensitive use of colour is somewhere between an infinite empty space and a direction where objects connect with each other in a chaotic fashion. The colours first appear to run across the canvas and then explode. It is impossible to interpret them on a reality level. Indeed, the arbitrary constellations reveal powerful and dynamic processes that appear to possess a collaborative cohesion. The colours are in free fall and the net that could cushion this fall is the viewer him/herself. But some objects fall through
	the net. Every attempt to catch them ends in more chaos and the connections with each and the connections with each other become blurred. Boundless dimensional expansion where perspectives constantly change with every additional leap. Michel Carmantrand does, however, succeed in capturing the transparency of spaces so that they lie between movement and a fixed position. A frozen moment of the happy leap into the unknown where there is no bottom or top. Frank Neumann
	Fast, 2008. Acrylic on canvas, 185x185cm
	Michel Carmantrand The artist lives and works in Berlin. 1958 born in Aix-en-Provence (F) 1978-1982 Abschlussdiplom der Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Nizza Schwerpunkte: Kommunikation, Grafik, Fotografie
	Ruhig, 2008. Acrylic on canvas, 185x185cm
	Exhibitions and Projects (extract) 2009 Saalbau, Berlin-Neukölln (with Laurence Grave) 2008 Boulevardés Brezsnyev Gallery, Budapest Roman: Le meuble à tiroirs 2007-2008 studio exhibitions 2007 move to Berlin 2002-2004 Romane: Résultat des courses, La vie morte 2000 Fotografie, Video: Galerie Chantal Steinberg, Paris 1998-1999 Roman: Salle des fêtes 1995 Fotografie: Galerie Backstage, Paris 1992 Galerie Miroir, Marseille 1989 Galerie CATTP, Arles 1988 Galerie Nora, Nizza 1984 Galerie Calibre 33, Nizza 1982 foundation and direction „Centre Nicois de Photographie Documentaire“ (CNPD), Nizza
	Grundlos, 2008. Acrylic on canvas, 185x185cm
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