Artist Information:
Igor Gaignault
Guéthary,
France
Member Since: Nov 2006
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Artist Statement:
Igor Gaignault was born in 1958 in Paris. During his childhood and youth, part of his visual environment consisted in paintings by artists such as Kandinsky, Kupka, Magnelli, Herbin, Picasso, Degas, Dali and Miro.
In the course of the 1980s, he created objects made out of different materials and, in 1990, he discovered slate and began creating objects from this paradoxical material : cold and warm, brittle yet strong, dark and luminous, thanks in this case to pyrites, « gold of the lunatics ».
He claims that slate, because of its very slight thickness and the infinity of motifs covers its surface, is eminently graphic and pictorial.
In 2004 the Art History Professor, Jean François Larralde, interested in his work, invited him to exhibit at the Guéthary Museum, where those contemporary pieces of his drew significant interest.
In the course of 2006, he defined the « lithologue » concept, -the talking of the stone- enabling the stone’s alphabet and language to be disclosed.
This concept was developed while taking into account ancient Chinese philosophy which believed that every stone is a world, as well as the poetic and philosophical writings of Roger Caillois on stones. « Stones, situated in the universe at the ...
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Igor Gaignault's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Igor Gaignault's Portfolio. Browse Gaignault's body of work: Igor Gaignault was born in 1958 in Paris. During his childhood and youth, part of his visual environment consisted in paintings by artists such as Kandinsky, Kupka, Magnelli, Herbin, Picasso, Degas, Dali and Miro.
In the course of the 1980s, he created objects made out of different materials and, in 1990, he discovered slate and began creating objects from this paradoxical material : cold and warm, brittle yet strong, dark and luminous, thanks in this case to pyrites, « gold of the lunatics ».
He claims that slate, because of its very slight thickness and the infinity of motifs covers its surface, is ... | |
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