Gérard Delafosse

Gérard Delafosse, born in Vincennes, studied at the National School of Applied Arts in Paris, he lives and works in Orbec. In 1976, he devoted himself to painting. From 1982 and until today he uses glass as the main support, this allows him to develop a pictorial work that better meets his intentions, and positively moves away from the traditional materials of painting. He also creates sometimes monumental pieces located between sculptures and installations, but his practice remains essentially pictorial. On a daily basis, he paints on paper. He dares the glass !!!!! the glass breaks, breaks, bursts but not for Gérard Delafosse. He finds this material fascinating for its fragility, its transparency, its reflection, its light and its projected shadows. He tames the nakedness of the glass, he lets the void take place by suggesting lines, shapes, points of color: yellow, blue, red. He seeks balance and suggests a free dreamlike space. What interests her in her painting is the minimum resources she requires. “We're all alone, we tinker with scraps of paper, dreams, paint…” Elusive, his universe. Yes and no, we can talk about construction in his work, from all points of view, it joins architecture through geometric shapes, connection, even connection to the other, this something elusive but which in you , grabs you. His work invites us to move, to be light, to be able to move, and to re-move. Don't stay still, go. Know how to leave.