Guillaume Bresson. En regard des collections

As part of the "En regard" cycle, the museum invites contemporary artists to confront the permanent collections. After Pierre Buraglio and his encounter with Philippe de Champaigne, it's Guillaume Bresson's turn to explore the museum's masterpieces. The artist will be proposing a dialogue with the historic paintings in the collection, through more than twenty works that will punctuate the permanent tour from the 17th century to the present day.

 

Born in Toulouse in 1982 and trained at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, Guillaume Bresson is a major figure in French painting. Living in New York after Paris and Berlin, the painter is known for his hyperrealistic canvases in which he depicts, in a highly choreographed manner, characters engaged in street fights. While he draws inspiration from classical painting with references to religious and historical painting, he anchors his work in the present, linking his creations to current social issues. To achieve this photographic precision, the painter begins his work with preparatory photography sessions with models in his studio. The models participate in the staging of their bodies, offering theatrical poses and movements that evoke Baroque painting. Through a process of montage, the artist then isolates and detaches the bodies before rearranging them in groups. Guillaume Bresson thus constructs tableaux in which body language plays a central role in the creation of the narrative.