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Almine Rech

Aurélie Gravas My Virgin Skin on Yours

Sep 3 — 20, 2024 | Paris, Turenne (Front Space)

Opening on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm

Almine Rech Paris Turenne, Front Space is pleased to present My Virgin Skin on Yours, Aurélie Gravas first solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from September 3 to 21, 2024.

In the Brussels studio of Aurélie Gravas, we find countless lyrical encounters. There, on the canvas, the painter combines all her primary forms and her primal forces with the colors she loves and the materials she never ceases to explore. From these gentle cohabitations there emerge recurring and obsessive motifs: birds, fish, flowers, and most of all, faces. Faces with no subjects extend over the entire canvas, inviting landscapes, wind, and many pure emotions.

The forms confuse us at first as we hesitate, remaining in uncertainty and unable to choose between anxiety and joy. This mirrors the artist’s own tensions, questions, and perpetual quest: tears or flames, fish or eye, clouds or fingers, curtains or hair? The black line precisely defines and describes. Soft or bright colors then infuse all their light, all their energy. Gradually, faces emerge and appear. They are complex, multiple, ambivalent. They may display several emotions, sometimes with opposing sensations. The faces are mysterious and enchanting. Aurélie Gravas is never definitive, never representational: her painting gives us free rein. It is up to us to see everything; it’s our turn to play.

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Selected artworks

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      Yellow Face with the Wind, a Fan and a Tulip, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas Yellow Face with the Wind, a Fan and a Tulip, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    210 x 160 cm

    82 1/2 x 63 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      A Face with a Yoyo , 2024

    Aurélie Gravas A Face with a Yoyo , 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    210 x 160 cm

    82 1/2 x 63 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      A Face with a View, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas A Face with a View, 2024

     Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    170 x 140 cm

    67 x 55 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      Still Life with a White Tulip and a Black Fan, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas Still Life with a White Tulip and a Black Fan, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    140 x 115 cm

    55 x 45 1/2 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      The Boat Face, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas The Boat Face, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    140 x 115 cm

    55 x 45 1/2 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      Double Face with Earings, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas Double Face with Earings, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    210 x 160 cm

    82 1/2 x 63 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      Holding a Bird, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas Holding a Bird, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    210 x 160 cm

    82 1/2 x 63 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      Doo Doo, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas Doo Doo, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    170 x 140 cm

    67 x 55 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      A Bird in the Face, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas A Bird in the Face, 2024

    Pigments, charcoal and oil on linen canvas

    170 x 140 cm

    67 x 55 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      Double Face with Clouds, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas Double Face with Clouds, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    140 x 115 cm

    55 x 45 1/2 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      The Big Green Face, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas The Big Green Face, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    210 x 160 cm
    82 1/2 x 63 in

  • Aurélie Gravas,                                      Still Life with a Black Tulip, 2024

    Aurélie Gravas Still Life with a Black Tulip, 2024

    Oil and pigments on linen canvas

    140 x 115 cm
    55 x 45 1/2 in