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ROC-ROUSSEY Jean-Pierre
(An excerpt of an article which appeared in the October-November 1995 issue of “L’Oeil de L’Artiste.”)
Roc Roussey lives in his own world of imagination, full of enigmatic people. The subjects in his paintings are often big, and as they are of unrealistic proportions, they tend to arouse our suspicions.
The faces of the subjects seem to be masked, wanting to remain anonymous, with no identity. Yet, they tell a thousand stories; very often, it is the same face that we see throughout. The diversity is in the body language and theatrical costumes that seduce as well as fascinate the viewer. Roc Roussey uses beautiful fabrics to stylize the costumes of the subjects in a baroque style.
The human race has been fighting and struggling from the very dawn of time. We can witness this struggle in Roc Roussey’s paintings. The warriors he portrays think of their actions as being heroic and for the good of mankind, but not realizing self destruction is imminent, if the fighting continues.
Like life, his compositions are ironic. They show us the fragility of the world which is invisible yet apparent. There is no backdrop in his paintings, yet the background exudes a sense of tumult. Roc Roussey mocks the world because of our inability to understand that war and fighting cannot bring about anything good.
All is not lost though. Roc Roussey injects comedy into his compositions and his characters are caricatures. He hopes to bring the world together, to help find a common thread of cohesion.
ACHIEVEMENTS
* Societary of SALON DíAUTOMNE PARIS
* Group of critic figuration
* Societary of SALON DES Independants PARIS
* Societary of SALON of French Artists
* Societary of SALON of Pontoise
* Societary of SALON of TAVERNY
* Societary of SALON of BOUFFEMONT
* Societary of SALON of LA ROCHELLE
* First prize in Pontoise
* First prize in Colombes
* First prize in Deauville
* First prize of La Rochelle
* First prize of General Exhibition in CHARENTE MARITIME
* Exhibition in MOSCOW, Tretakiov Gallery
* Exhibition in St. Petesbourg
* Exhibition in SPAIN, Santillana Gallery
* Exhibition in BELGIUM, Musuem of Mons
* Exhibition in KOREA-Seoul, Dong Ha Gallery
* Exhibition in PORTUGAL, Abidos Gallery
* Exhibition in COPENHAGEN, Bunterhamn Gallery
* Exhibition in PRAGUE, Hybern Castle
* Exhibition in PARIS-France-Nancy, Pablo Picasso Centre
* Exhibition in PARIS-FRANCE, Gallery Beauvau
* Exhibition in SINGAPORE, Opera Gallery
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