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Moody works that cause the viewer to stop and ponder their significance typify the art of Rémi Salin. There is no clear subject matter here. Rather, there are abstract designs so intricate that on first glance the viewer believes they are indeed concrete images. One’s eyes turn the paint strokes into skeletons, fleeting characters in fancy garb, and doorways, but then, all too quickly, these images recede back into mysterious abstractions.
Even though there is a lot of empty space on the canvases, the paintings are inherently dark. It is as if some of the works represent shadowy corners in buildings. Some, on the other hand, exhibit dark tones that are more representative of the setting sun casting its amber rays across everything in touches. Mustard, orange, cream and a brown so dark it looks black—colors popular in the 1970s—have a strong presence in the French artist’s paintings. These instances of light and dark are like the tenuous moments of our daily lives.
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