Les Pélicans du Petit Palais A day, a place, a work
Cécile Bart
2/5 series
Captures éditions
English and French
Softcover
1 A2 folded format sheet
Housed in a vanilla envelope with other publications from the 2/5 series (2020–2022)
420 x 594 mm
2021
ISBN 9782491549114
Les Pélicans du Petit Palais. A day, a place, a work. Cécile Bart (born in Dijon, 1958) chose the A5 notebook and movement. From page to page, colour intersects and overlaps – that of her painted fabrics – and images corresponding to a series of photographs of the Les Pélicans sculpture (1906) by Bugatti-Rembrandt, taken by the artist at the Petit Palais (Paris) in 2018.
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About the Artist
Cécile Bart is one of France’s most prominent contemporary abstract painters. After studying at the École nationale supérieure d’art in her hometown and finding inspiration in minimalist experimentation and modern abstraction, she started creating her first “screen/paintings”. The originality of her approach resides in her use of translucent Terylene screens, which she coats with paint that she wipes away several times, until it reaches the required density. When juxtaposed, these monochromatic squares can be arranged in a wide variety of chromatic combinations – they can be laid out on the floor, applied to the wall, or framed and suspended in the centre of a room, perpendicularly to the walls or along the windows. Lighting and the viewer’s mobility are essential components of her works, which rely on the interplay of optical effects and chance.
http://www.cecilebart.com
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About the Publisher
2/5 falls into the artists’ books series published by Captures. Four guests per year work within the same space of an open A2 format sheet (420 x 594mm), giving rise to various proposals depending on how the sheet is folded.
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