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28/10/2003

Art is Beautiful

Le Salon for Art Collectors, London

Céline Berger, Cedric Christie, Cat Ducker, Tanya Fairey, Lili Fantozzi, Craig Hanna, Hervé Saint Hélier, Maurizio Savini, Christoph Schmidberger, Emmanuelle Villard

Vanessa Suchar is pleased to announce 'Art is Beautiful', the next Salon for Art Collectors, where new works by emerging talents will be presented in a smart collector's apartment in Mayfair, the heart of London.

Céline Berger's paintings are incredible. They often look just like photos. One has to approach her figurative paintings with the same consideration as an image in its full sense. Here, the frame of representation leads us to concentrate on the problem of the middle centre point- or in its absence- within the depicted scenes, when the scenes themselves subsursively question the artifice character of popular culture.

Cedric Christie has been building a name for itself in contemporary art circles with a number of well-received exhibitions since he gave up being a car mechanic and turned his hand to art full time several years ago. From snooker ball sculptures to monochrome portraits on solid aluminium, he sets out to produce work, which is 'beautiful in its emptiness'. His sculptures challenge the viewer to make sense of throwing away statements and intrigue with their overlap of purpose - he uses colour for aesthetic satisfaction, to update the monochrome tradition and to query the role of colour in pubic culture. Cedric Christie appears courtesy of Rocket Gallery, London.

Catherine Ducker studied fine art at Central Saint Martins and graduated in 1996. She is the youngest member of The Royal Watercolour Society, exhibits regularly, including the R.A. summer exhibition and has had many private commissions. She is directed and focused on reflecting the visual world she experiences, finding new ways to express 'natural elements' and 'fragile beauty.'

Tanya Fairey's work has its origin in snapshots that might normally be confined to the privacy of the family photo album. Drawing on moments of empathy and friendship, she produces intimate portrayals which thrive on a sense of complicity and closeness to her subjects and which attempt to communicate the horror and beauty of what it is to be human.

Lili Fantozzi's work can be defined as kitsch, or recycling of consumer societies outdates elements.
Found in flea markets, attics and churches, the Virgin Mary, Saints and sculptures of all origins are given a new life. Each expresses her sensibilities. It is the need for open-mindedness, tolerance and truth that feeds Fantozzi's inspiration, paintings, and passion. The kitsch art of happiness.

Craig Hanna, after having received the third Prize of the BP Award at the National Portrait Gallery is continuing his fantastic diptychs where his talent as a draughtsman is undeniable. Hanna plays off apparently unrelated elements against this depiction of the human figure. By splitting the picture surface into two in an almost cinematic way (one thinks of 'split screen'), he combines figuration and abstraction, representation and association.

Hervé Saint-Hélier captures moments in time through haunting photographs from his urban travels. He uses a camera like a brush, which makes the printing magical. A visionary who is putting his talent into photos, Saint Hélier reveals the incredible eye that he is renowned for in France, and now in the United Kingdom. His art is featured in many private collections worldwide as his photographs take the viewer on a dream-like journey with powerful images that remain in the psyche over time.

Maurizio Savini started using chewing gum five years ago. As it seemed to him a more versatile material compared to those used by 'traditional' arts, such as painting. Belonging to a popular culture, chewing gum does not have a statute of its own within institutional art. Nevertheless, in Savini's work this material is redeemed and acquires a capacity and an expressive dignity of its own.

Christoph Schmidberger's paintings are slick, informed pop imagery depicting youth culture in all its excessive forms: lust, boredom, drama, erotic, narcissistic, and ravishing beauty. It is the use of beauty that is the artist's curve ball; the precision in his use of drawing and painting, creating surfaces that are immaculate and jewel like, shimmering with the imagery of his peers. What appears to be as ordinary as the snap shot composition becomes a hyper-coloured paradise of youth, simultaneously exalted and toxic. It is poison perfection, a kind of carnal, cinematic portraiture (Maia Damianovic).

Emmanuelle Villard prefers to weave the surface of her canvas with possible ornaments or physical irregularities, questioning the validity of painting today, stimulating feminine evolution in life and artistic creation. No one can escape the seduction in Emmanuelle Villard's work. Her paintings, flashy and colourful, produce a shop-window effect, like sweetshop or clothes shop windows or stalls at a fair. You want to eat them.

Le Salon for Art Collectors showcases international emerging artists in private homes, an ideal setting that helps break through the many barriers surrounding contemporary art. Le Salon provides a comfortable learning environment, while letting art-enthusiasts imagine how a piece of art would look in their own house. Prices are affordable and clearly marked, and the atmosphere is without the pressures of a gallery.

For further information and images, please contact Vanessa Suchar at +44 (0) 7887 991 932

Many Thanks to our sponsors, Glenfiddich and Tio Pepe who will allow us to taste their Malt whiskey, Sherry and Canapés, during the two opening nights.

Private View: Wednesday 29th of October 2003 and Thursday 30th of October 2003
From 6 pm to 11 pm

Image: Emma- Acrylic on canvas- 41 x 30 cm- 2002

Vanessa Suchar
"Galeriste sans galerie"
Le Salon for Art Collectors
29B Brook Mews North
London, W2 3BW
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7706 2710
Mob: +44 (0)7887 991 932
Port FR: + 33 (0)6 68 09 50 42

Venue: 51 South Street, Flat 18, Mayfair, London, W1 (tube: Green Park)

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