For this new solo exhibition at the Depardieu Gallery, Alain Lestié brings together the quintessence of his art.
The emotion, sensitivity, and power of suggestion contained in his work invite us to learn more. Each piece resembles an enigma. The world and history are present. This worldview reveals in a condensed manner everything that defines Alain Lestié’s personality in his era, in his environment — political, social, philosophical…
His paintings thus concentrate his perspective on humanity and the world. The strength of this message is amplified by the great virtuosity of the artist, who expresses himself using a simple pencil.
We realize that, contrary to a shift from meaning to nonsense which characterizes the work of many current artists often labeled as postmodern, Alain Lestié’s works are rooted in a practice full of meaning, far from any superficial critique of contemporary art.
It is our responsibility, as a gallery, to demonstrate the methods and stakes of this work and to share the artistic experience and emotion that these works provide us.
This artistic density is found in the work “Vue générale” which, according to Alain Lestié, “brings together some of my immutable motifs (images, signs, texts) in a nocturnal polyptych at the brink of extinction, the last point before the indistinguishable…” “We are far from a Mediterranean light, whose Latin origin is highlighted by a few words; these fragments of an itinerary still bear witness to the exhaustion and uncertainties of the moment.”
The Mediterranean light, [like the present times], indeed fades into the depths of the sea…
