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Joël Kermarrec (1939-2022) Limitation 1978 Lead pencil, crayon, ink, paint and lead plate on paper Signed, dated, titled and dedicated lower right 76.3 x 56.7 cm Prix de Rome in 1964, Joël Kermarrec, long associated with Figuration Narrative, cultivates the art of the enigma: his painting and his path are his alone, and it's up to the viewer to find the answers, if any. The first answer we can give you is that Joël Kermarrec is one of the most intriguing figurative painters of the second half of the 20th century. "The essential thing is how to escape the language that will determine, close a drawing? How can it bounce back every time? [...] What recurs is this impossibility of figuring." Link to this interview with the painter, conducted as part of his exhibition at the Chaufferie des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg in 2010: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdus0c

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Joël Kermarrec (1939-2022) Limitation 1978 Lead pencil, crayon, ink, paint and lead plate on paper Signed, dated, titled and dedicated lower right 76.3 x 56.7 cm Prix de Rome in 1964, Joël Kermarrec, long associated with Figuration Narrative, cultivates the art of the enigma: his painting and his path are his alone, and it's up to the viewer to find the answers, if any. The first answer we can give you is that Joël Kermarrec is one of the most intriguing figurative painters of the second half of the 20th century. "The essential thing is how to escape the language that will determine, close a drawing? How can it bounce back every time? [...] What recurs is this impossibility of figuring." Link to this interview with the painter, conducted as part of his exhibition at the Chaufferie des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg in 2010: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdus0c

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