Louis Vairel

CHIMERAS:

“I paint the animal.

This animal that we only encounter through images. This animal that we no longer know and that we consider to be so different from us.

I stage it so that it invades the space. Its exaggerated size makes it inevitable to our gaze, especially in a domestic and familiar space.

The reading of the table is disrupted, the chimera becomes an anomaly. This series of paintings illustrates the relationship between an unknown wild world and our daily lives, amplified by an unmissable contrast of scale."

ANCESTORS :

“Alongside “Chimeras", this new series focuses on the subject of the skull. It offers another, more unpleasant vision of an often familiar animal.
Placed on the disproportionate remains of its ancestor, the animal bears witness to the fragility of its species.
He will never be concerned with the conceit of his existence as a vanity in painting would show. On the other hand, it reflects a vulnerable world, a silent life, illustrated by a "still life."