For its second participation to Drawing Now Paris, the gallery presents the work of two artists exploring the symbolic value of the connection between humans and nature.
The Indian artist Avishek Sen, through his highly suggestive colorful watercolors and their evocative titles, attempts to reframe the dialogue between nature and man, characterized by his thirst for domination.
His creations form lyrical scenes, recalling traditional Indian erotic miniatures. He combines with humor classical Indian animal and plant symbolism like the tiger, the apple, the bird, the fish,… to create a metaphorical, eccentric atmosphere.
His technique mixes watercolor with Chinese ink and all kinds of pigments, reinforcing the mild and passionate effect of his compositions in an intriguing blend of the animal, vegetable and human worlds.
The new project of Florian Sông Nguyễn explores the relation between human and trees. In his series, he is using fiction to highlight a symbiotic connection between humans and plants, emphasizing their role in complex ecosystems and inviting us, once again, to rethink our relationship with nature.
A text coming with the drawings relates the story of a child finding refuge in a three trunk oak tree, to gradually metamorphose into a tree himself.
His highly meticulous technique using ink on craft vietnamese Dó paper, invites us to discover the fragile boundaries between human control and the autonomy of the plants.