Paradoxe Poétique opens at Wade Wilson Art April 19, 2012

Artists: Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet and Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux
Show Title: Paradoxe Poétique
Guest Curator: Laure Parise
Dates: April 19 – May 26
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6 – 8 p.m.
Gallery Talk: Saturday, April 21, 2 – 3 p.m.

Wade Wilson Art is pleased to announce Paradoxe Poétique, an exhibition of paintings and photography representing the work of two young French artists, Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet and Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux. Guest curator Laure Parise hand-selected these two artists due to their language which echoes the aesthetic vision and love of abstraction of the gallery. The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 - 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2012 and a gallery talk from 2 - 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 21. It will remain on view through May 26, 2012. Wade Wilson Art is located at 4411 Montrose Blvd. Suite 200, Houston, Texas, 77006.

The exhibition offers the Houston arts community a rare opportunity to sample the young French contemporary art scene through the poetic view of the earth via the sky, the desert, and the ocean along with a revival of industrial wastelands. This is the first exhibition in the United States for both artists who have been selected due to the artistic dialogue that exists in their work between their painting and photography. Their artwork explores the contrast between abandoned manufactured spaces versus unadulterated landscapes. Issues of human intervention in topography and their effect on our environment are addressed in an illuminated manner. The two artists use techniques in painting and photography to create a poetic narrative for the viewer while revealing the subtle shifts of the nature of their subject.

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