Paysages de la peinture

pictorial installation, 160 m², blue and orange through-dyed stucco, particleboard flooring, lemon-yellow paint

Spanning the 160 m² of La Criée’s exhibition space, this painting by Léon Tarasewicz takes the form of a vast landscape composed of a succession of raised bands with alternating orange and blue sections. These small waves, spaced 5 cm apart, rest on a raised floor made of particleboard covered with lemon-yellow paint, which peeks through in places.

“Nothing on the walls to look at. The viewer is invited to walk on the painting, (…) to open themselves up to an aesthetic experience in which the painting reveals itself as they wander. Depending on where [the viewer] stands—a constantly shifting point in space—they will see an expanse dominated by blue or orange, with blurred edges disturbed by yellow reflections. (…) The grooves were created by hand using a putty knife to spread the colored plaster, revealing the inherent traces of the material’s manipulation. This creates a subtle interplay between the rigorous sequence of bands and the fragility of human craftsmanship. (…) While Tarasewicz’s work suddenly opens up access to another space—[between abstraction and landscape]—it invites contemplation. “But for the artist, contemplation remains fundamentally linked to a material experience of painting and space.”