Le Jardin de Kathim, 2017
Roy Forget

Painting : oil

100.1 x 80 x 2.3 cm 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

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100.1 x 80 x 2.3 cm 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Artwork location: France

The Jardin de Kathim is a hilltop garden crowned by a large banyan tree in the capital city of the Republic of the Wards, a fictional land with a fictional but completely developed language, the Wardwesân, created by French writer Frédéric Werst and published in the two volumes of anthologies of writings entitled WARD (Éditions du Seuil).

The extravagant banyan tree with its baroque roots like a network of links into unknown mysteries is the center of this painting. Taking shade underneath this tree full of mysteries are different figures, a Zouave, a sunbather sitting in a chair, an enigmatic character standing on one of the branches of the giant tree, and a woman holding a large canvas bag with a puppy inside. Four adult dogs are also enjoying the coolness provided by the trees shade on a hot day.

In the distance is Phaz Lake, the largest and most important body of water of the island republic. This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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Roy Forget, Le Jardin de Kathim
France  • 1971

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Artist Statement:

Painting is the language I use to both contemplate and understand. When I finished art school, I often wondered what validity was required to make art, to pursue something so singularly personal and have others around take any interest in that endeavor. That doubt led me into many paths.

Being a figurative painter, and envying the idea that great masters like Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo had done many anatomical cadaver dissections to understand the human form, I applied to and finished medical school and a surgical residency in Plastic Surgery. Somehow, the universe decided for me that painting would remain my main and only pursuit and I have been painting full-time in Paris, France for the past 12 years, having put aside any regular practice of surgery.

Representational figurative painting has a long history and is one of the most wonderful yet challenging practices. It requires knowledge of the exterior world and yet has so many components of abstraction that it requires an artist like myself to not only engage with my interior understanding of pictorial construction (the abstraction of art) but also the most prolonged contemplation of the workings of the external world (the representational aspect of art).

Education:

MFA in Painting, Indiana University (Bloomington) 1994-1996
BFA in Painting, Andrews University 1989-1993
Vermont Studio Center (as a staff artist) 1993-1994

Exhibitions:

Roy Forget : Deus ex machin, du 1 au 31 décembre 2021 ; La Belle Hortense; 31 rue Vieille du Temple, 75004 Paris, France

Roy Forget : La Revenante, du 1 au 15 mars 2020 ; La Belle Hortense; 31 rue Vieille du Temple, 75004 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Lumière inépuisable, du 1 au 15 janvier 2019 ; La Belle Hortense; 31 rue Vieille du Temple, 75004 Paris, France

Roy Forget : tic-tac, tic-toc, time's up, du 8 janvier au 3 février 2019 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Bonjour Monsieur Indigo, du 5 au 31 mars 2018 ; La Belle Hortense; 31 rue Vieille du Temple, 75004 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Paysages de conjecture, du 4 au 30 septembre 2017 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Territoire impossible, du 3 au 30 octobre 2016 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Oran - Mazrâ, du 5 au 31 octobre 2015 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Contingences re-boot, du 7 octobre au 3 novembre 2013 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Contingences, du 1 juillet au 31 août 2013 ; La Belle Hortense, 31 rue Vieille du Temple, 75004 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Vagues, du 2 au 28 octobre 2012 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Roy Forget : Ward, du 3 au 30 octobre 2011 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Expositions collectives :

64e Salon des Arts de Taverny, du 29 septembre au 3 octobre 2021 ; La Salle des Fêtes de Taverny (Val d'Oise), Place Charles de Gaulle, 95150 Taverny, France

Exposition Collective 2019 : Sur les murs, du 4 juillet au 8 septembre 2019 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte,75003 Paris, France

62e Salon des Arts de Taverny, du 21 au 30 septembre 2018 ; La Salle des Fêtes de Taverny (Val d'Oise), Place Charles de Gaulle, 95150 Taverny, France

61e Salon des Arts de Taverny, du 16 au 24 septembre 2017 ; La Salle des Fêtes de Taverny (Val d'Oise), Place Charles de Gaulle, 95150 Taverny, France

60e Salon des Arts de Taverny, du 24 septembre au 9 octobre 2016 ; La Salle des Fêtes de Taverny (Val d'Oise), Place Charles de Gaulle, 95150 Taverny, France

59e Salon des Arts de Taverny, du 26 septembre au 11 octobre 2015 ; La Salle des Fêtes de Taverny (Val d'Oise), Place Charles de Gaulle, 95150 Taverny, France


Exposition Collective 2015 : J'ai dit bizarre - comme c'est bizarre ; du 6 juillet au 5 septembre 2015, Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte,75003 Paris, France

58e Salon des Arts de Taverny, du 27 septembre au 12 octobre 2014 ; La Salle des Fêtes de Taverny, Place Charles de Gaulle, 95150 Taverny, France

Exposition Collective 2014 : Mauvais Genre, du 9 juillet au 2 septembre 2014 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Salon D'Automne 2013 : l'Alternative, du 16 au 20 octobre 2013 ; Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France

Exposition Collective 2013 : Embrasse-moi, du 4 juillet au 1 septembre 2013 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France (en collaboration avec Frédéric Werst)

Cercle des artistes de Paris : Exposition au Parc Floral 2013 ; du 26 avril 2013 au 2 juin 2013 ; Pavillon 18, entrée Nymphéas, Parc Floral, Bois de Vincennes, 75012 Paris, France

Exposition Collective 2012 : Moi dans le miroir, du 4 juillet au 3 septembre 2012 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

Portes Ouvertes des ateliers d'artistes du 6e arrondissement, du 2 au 4 décembre 2011 ; 11 rue Guisarde, 75006 Paris, France 

Exposition Collective 2011, du 4 juillet au 4 septembre 2011 ; Duplex Bar, 25 rue Michel le Comte, 75003 Paris, France

The Anniversary Show : Invitational Group Show, du 6 au 25 mars 2006 ; The Painting Center, 52 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013, USA

Grand Allusions : Invitational Group Show, du 3 au 28 janvier 2006 ; The Painting Center, 52 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013, USA
 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

I was a teaching assistant during my MFA education, teaching a course in drawing from perception/direct observation.

Artistic Influences:

My influences are diverse, from the painterly physicality of the Venetian Renaissance embodied by Titian to the bold early modernity of Manet, from the grace and dignity of Van Dyck to the emotive dazzle of Chaim Soutine. Current contemporary painters I admire include Matt Bollinger, Angela Dufresne and Gerard Garouste

Tags:

figurative art, contemporary figuration, france, urban art, oil painting, figurative artist

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