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Almine Rech

Fabien Adèle Corridors

Jan 19 — Feb 25, 2023 | Brussels

Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com
The gallery is open from 11 am until 7 pm.

In his East-Paris studio, Fabien Adèle chose to use a narrowed palette of colours for this new set of paintings. Their complementary shades of warm browns ranging from orange ochre to burnt sienna, along with lighter, more intense blues, underline the space where his twelve oils on canvas are displayed.

The painting of the young French artist (born in 1993), which has only been shown on rare occasions, is populated by singular protagonists. His human figures, with their stoic and frozen expressions reminiscent of antique statues, are immersed in interiors or landscapes that are both ethereal and bewitchingly luminous. Take the woman seated on a chair, her head slightly tilted forward, or the two female busts with endless hair, bathed in the aquatic element and staring into the distance to bluish halos suggesting the horizon at sea. Or perhaps the man leaning on a table, his hand barely resting on his cheek, his mouth half open, his garment fading into an incandescent sky. Seen from the front or back, these beings and their nebulous surroundings come together in paintings of the psyche and interiority that appear keen to suspend the passing of time.

– Charles Barachon, writer and art critic.

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Selected artworks

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Baigneurs, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Baigneurs, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 162 cm
    51 x 64 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Distance, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Distance, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 162 cm
    51 x 64 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      La salle d'attente, 2022

    Fabien Adèle La salle d'attente, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 97 cm 
    51 x 38 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Deux figures, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Deux figures, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 97 cm 
    51 x 38 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      La fontaine aux voeux, 2022

    Fabien Adèle La fontaine aux voeux, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 97 cm 
    51 x 38 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Miracles, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Miracles, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 97 cm 
    51 x 38 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Diner 02, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Diner 02, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 162 cm
    51 x 64 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Metamorphosis, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Metamorphosis, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 162 cm
    51 x 64 in

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Corridors, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Corridors, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    Triptych
    200 x 160 cm (each part)
    78 1/2 x 63 in (each part)

  • Fabien Adèle,                                      Les bras ouverts, 2022

    Fabien Adèle Les bras ouverts, 2022

    Oil on canvas
    130 x 162 cm
    51 x 64 in