Alexandre Masino: Oct 19, 2012

October 19, 2012

Solo show : Galerie de Bellefeuille

Alexandre Masino
Lumières

Galerie de Bellefeuille

October 20 - 30, 2012
Vernissage : October 20, 2012, 2 - 4:30 pm

Deux grandes lumière (Bijutsu), 2012
Encaustic, gold leaf and cupper leaf on panel
28” x 36” / 71 x 91.5 cm

I am pleased to announce my solo show at Galerie de Bellefeuille. This wide ranging exhibition presents most of my actual series and introduces new avenues in my practice. For the first time, I will be showing an encaustic retable, displaying a landscape on the front and a triptych of still lifes once it is opened. This piece obviously embodies my interest and passion for art history. On a technical point of view, it was a challenge to design, produce and paint. I finished the piece just in time to include it in the catalogue. I have a second one in the making, and I am looking forward to tackling it. The multiplicity of images allows me to creates dialogues between different series and create new meanings and diverse interpretations in the relation between the iconography.

Alexandre Masino

Le temple secret, 2012
Encaustic on panel
48.5” x 32.5” / 123 x 82.5 cm - Close

Alexandre Masino

Le temple secret, 2012
Encaustic and gold leaf on panel
48.5” x 65.5” / 123 x 166 cm - Open

The show includes encaustic paintings on panels as well as encaustic monotypes. It is my first solo show where I am presenting these two techniques side by side. The result from these two approaches nourrish one another, underlying the specificities of each use of the encaustic medium while still being closely related.

Alexandre Masino

Cette marée de pierre III, 2012
Encaustic monotype on Gampi paper
23” x 34.5” / 58 x 88 cm

If you are interested in seeing some paintings of the show, please visit the gallery’s website (click here). I will also be updating my personal website in the coming weeks, with images of the show and Jean-Marc Desgent’s poignant essay that is published in the catalog. I’ll keep you posted...