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The Spell On You
Manuel Mathieu, Gallery | Brussels, 7.11 - 22.12.2018

The Spell On You: Manuel Mathieu

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Manuel Mathieu The Ritual, 2018 acrylic chalk charcoal and masking tape on canvas 228.6 x 190.5 cm 90 x 75 in
Manuel Mathieu
The Ritual, 2018
acrylic chalk charcoal and masking tape on canvas
228.6 x 190.5 cm
90 x 75 in
Yet his work is also incredibly physicall. “I deal with images like structures,” 
Mathieu explains, initially “destroying” them, and then, through a variety of techniques he attempts to make them reappear again.

We are delighted to announce the first solo exhibition of Haitian artist Manuel Mathieu at our gallery.

 

Mathieu is known as an interdisciplinary artist, but is always drawn back to his paintbrushes. This young artist creates cerebral, stylized paintings that are at once highly personal and provocative, yet at the same time slightly unnerving in their intimacy. He often invokes his native country’s political history as a springboard: Mathieu was born in the year that the Haitian uprising brought the Duvalier era to an end, and he is named after the protagonist in Jacques Roumain’s 1941 Haitian classic novel Gouverneurs de la rosée, or Master of the Dew. As such, haunting, gory forms resembling people or body parts appear in his paintings, figures that are seemingly adrift in an anonymous setting—and always appear to be alone. Yet his work is also incredibly physical. “I deal with images like structures,” Mathieu explains, initially “destroying” them, and then, through a variety of techniques—like scratching and frottage, insertion, drawing, and dripping–he attempts to make them reappear again. The point at which he deems a work “complete” can range from a day to months, in a process that the artist compares to “running in the dark: eventually you hit something, and you know.”

 

Mathieu's work has been shown in several museumslisting group shows including the Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Quebec; and most recently, a solo outing at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London.

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  • MMathieu_The Ritual_90x75inches_2018
    Manuel Mathieu
    The Ritual, 2018
    acrylic chalk charcoal and masking tape on canvas
    228.6 x 190.5 cm
    90 x 75 in
  • Manuel Mathieu Sovereignty, 2018 acrylic charcoal and masking tape on canvas 137.16 x 152.4 cm 54 x 60 in
    Manuel Mathieu
    Sovereignty, 2018
    acrylic charcoal and masking tape on canvas
    137.16 x 152.4 cm
    54 x 60 in
  • Manuel Mathieu Modern Landscape, 2012 acrylic and oil sticks on canvas 213 x 274 cm 83 13/16 x 107 13/16 in
    Manuel Mathieu
    Modern Landscape, 2012
    acrylic and oil sticks on canvas
    213 x 274 cm
    83 13/16 x 107 13/16 in
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  • Manuel Mathieu

    Manuel Mathieu

    The Spell on You Maruani Mercier Gallery, 2018 Book 138 pages
    Publisher: Maruani Mercier Gallery
    ISBN: 978-2-930487-29-8
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