Valota portraits

HAYHILLGALLERY

A selection of original paintings

P A T R I C E V A L O T A By

Claudie Bastide

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Valota has chosen wax as his main medium. He paints with the flame of a blowtorch, mastering the fusion of melted matter and pigments to obtain a glowing surface. Wax sets off a very special light and gives unique depth of colour to his work. With both classical and contemporary influences, Valota plays on contrast, offers abstract and figurative works, mixes natural references with geometric lines.

The “Arborescence” series focuses on trees as the alpha and the omega of life. For Valota, trees are like cosmos, for they are constantly regenerating themselves and the space around them.

In “Expressions” Valota interprets and makes references to Delacroix, Poussin and Picasso. He explores humankind’s fear and fascination with death, hidden dark family stories and secrets one is reluctant to reveal and to admit.

Woman in a Dream wax and pigments on board 162 x 130 cm 2002

The Grand Daughter wax and pigments on board 46 x 38 cm 2003

The Queen Mother wax and pigments on board 55 x 46 cm 2003

Biography Main exhibitions Solo Exhibitions: 2008« Accords & Âmes » - painting and sculpture (Riff Art Projects Gallery, Strasbourg) 2007« Des arbres et des âmes » - painting and sculpture (Maison des Arts d’Evreux) 2005« Arborescence » (Lavignes Bastille Gallery) 2003« Contes et Légendes à La Guéroulde » (La Source, Gérard Garouste’s Association in La Guéroulde) 2000« Hors Corps » - painting and sculpture (Valérie Cueto Gallery, Paris) 1997Sculptures and drawings (Espace Dominique Morlotti, Paris) 1996 « Genre humain » - Sculptures and drawings (Françoise Palluel Gallery, Paris) 1994« Anima Fossili » (Patrice Carlhian Gallery, Paris) 1993Le Monde de l’Art Gallery, Paris 1992Levy Gallery, Barcelona 1991Lavignes Bastille Gallery, Paris Group Exhibitions and fairs : 2009« Traverses » - Maison des Arts, Le Vigan 2008« Le Temps au Temps – Vanités » (Riff Art Projects Gallery, Strasbourg)Show-Off Fair, Paris (Riff Art Projects Gallery, Strasbourg)Strasbourg Art Fair (Riff Art Projects Gallery, Strasbourg) 2005Montrouge Art Fair 2003« L’Art Emmêlé » (Paris Townhall) 2001« Blanc », Valérie Cueto Gallery, Paris« Tempête sous un crâne », Valérie Cueto Gallery« Impressions », Beckel Odille Boïcos Gallery, ParisArt Paris (Beckel Odille Boïcos Gallery) 2000« Rouge », Valérie Cueto Gallery, Paris Collectors / commissions : Alain-Dominique Perrin (Cartier), Absolut Vodka Foundation, Princesse Marie de Luynes, John Travolta, Agathe Godard (Paris Match), Régine, Daniel Hechter, Gérard Vié, Jean-Michel Ribes, Zebra Square Hotel - Paris

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