ECHO OF NATURE 大自然的回響  
YOURI LEROUX AND ANTOINETTE ROZAN  

Youri Leroux
 

Antoinette Rozan
 
 
 
   
OPENING RECEPTION
THU, 22 APRIL 2010, 6 - 9PM, ANTOINETTE ROZAN WILL BE PRESENT
   
   
EXHIBITION DURATION
22 APR - 12 MAY, 2010
 
   
EXHIBITION ADDRESS
SIN SIN ANNEX
53 - 54 SAI STREET, CENTRAL, HONG KONG
 
 
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Sin Sin Fine Art is pleased to present "Echo of Nature", a duet exhibition of the two contemporary French artists, Antoinette Rozan and Youri Leroux, from 22 April to 12 May 2010. Both inspired by the various moments in life, these two French artists meet again after two years in expression of the common theme of "nature" with their own specialty medium - clay and bronze sculptures, and mixed media on canvas.


Born in 1972, Youri Leroux is a French painter characterized by his reserve, his typical northern France inwardness and his sentimental attachment to his family and origin.  With an interest to apprehend the matter, Youri works on successive layers of muted colors and material, then scraps and scratches it in order to reveal the bottom layers, forming rhythm and contrast. With his home studio overlooking green pastures, Youri’s work revolves around the few main themes of nudes, landscapes, flowers and cows, where he finds joy in juggling between the figurative and the abstract. "A big canvas provides a living support for the symbolic language of my paintings, and it allows me to burst my inner energy into my work… I can’t wait to be back in my studio!"


A French sculptress born in 1970, Antoinette Rozan is the fifth generation of a family with a long artistic history, alongside painters, architects and engravers. Antoinette’s sculptures encompass strong emotions and deliver messages of the sheer essence of life, its vitality and its youthful energy from within. As opposed to the heaviness of the medium, her sculptures possess a vibrant lightness, reflecting a free spirit of love and joy for life and for nature. "The moment I touch clay, I feel alive… I discovered a rare and precious means of expressing my deep-rooted passion for life."


By the delightful coincidence of having "nature" as their recent art theme, the sculptures of Antoinette Rozan and the paintings of Youri Leroux together create a sensational “echo”, one which expresses the essence of life while at the same time depicting an intimate dialogue between art and nature. In these new series of works, both artists display their dedication and devotion to art, as well as to all that comes along in life - be it light or shadows, emptiness or fullness.


 


Sin Sin Fine Arts 誠意向你們推介兩位法國現代藝術家,Antoinette Rozan Youri Leroux的雙人展,展期由2010422517兩位法國藝術家的靈感來自生活中的體驗,兩年後因相同的主題而碰在一起,以各自擅長的方式 陶土和銅彫塑及油畫來表達他們對大自然的嚮往。


Youri Leroux生於1972年,是一位法國畫家。他的作品蘊含着北部法國人的含蓄和內斂性格,以及他對家庭和族裔的情懷。為令作品至臻至美,Youri 的作品用上了多層不顯眼的顏色和物料,然後將它們抓破,以顯露底部各層,藉以帶出節奏感和對比感。他家中的畫室面向一片綠草如茵的牧塲,作品的題材主要圍繞著裸體人像、風景,花卉和牛隻,從形象與抽象之間找到樂趣。「大大的一片畫布對畫中的象徵式表達作出活生生的承托,讓我把內在的動力投入我的作品中…..。我恨不得馬上回到我的畫室!


Antoinette Rozan是一位法國彫塑家,生於1970年。她來自藝術世家,家人中有畫家,建築師及彫刻家,她是家族的第五代藝術家。Antoinette的作品充滿了強烈的情感,帶出了生活的精髓、活力及當中的青春動力。與媒體的沉重感相反,她的彫塑充滿著抖動的輕快感,無拘無束地反映出對生命及大自然的熱愛和嚮往。「每當我接觸到陶土時,我整個人便變得活力充沛…… 找到了表達我對生命的熱愛的珍貴方式。」


兩位藝術家的近作巧合地以「大自然」為主題。Antoinette Rozan的彫塑和Youri Leroux的畫共同創造了一種感人的「回響」,帶出了生活的精髓,並同時表達了藝術與大自然的親密接觸。兩位藝術家在這幾輯新作中將他們對藝術的熱誠和熱愛,以及隨生命而來的一切 無論是光或暗,空洞或是滿盈,完全表露無遺