48, Circa 2000

Gérard Puvis  

With his perpetually mischievous eye, Gérard Puvis is one of those multi-talented artists who uses his chosen medium to explore a different aesthetic each time. From the tin of old wine bottle capsules, he sculpts series of mischievous dancing characters. Although he is a painter first and foremost, he also draws everyday objects, creates bronze sculptures and, more recently, reinterprets photographs. Gérard Puvis graduated from the Paris École Supérieure des Beaux Arts in the seventies and tirelessly pursues his explorations with refreshing humour. His work has been rewarded by many prestigious institutions and exhibited in Europe, Japan and the United States. But it is from his Lyon studio, an uncluttered space filled with light, that he makes each object tell a very individual story. Travels, artistic experiences or presents from friends, all with a story that evokes the long road travelled. Meeting with a curious and surprising artist who doesn't seem ready to stop yet.