interview and interview by Soreya H.Azarmsa, Canal magazine n°4, “Interview”1990, p:18-19. Philippe Lagrange is a singular watchmaker of images. He methodically dismantles the rhetorical mechanisms like the pieces of a clock that he would adjust to sound, after each hour flown away, after each image passed, the coming race of figures of speech, passing, ironing, …
Excerpts from the catalogue of the exhibition Mise au Point, Anton Meier Gallery Geneva, March 1990, text by Soreya Hestermann Azarmsa The paintings of Philippe Lagrange, although figurative, are not stories. Each painting is a whole, a world in itself. This painting has its own language and functioning. The technique of flat tints, the …
The Afficionado, a work by Picasso collection of the Kunstmuseum in Basel Gold digger, Picasso’s missing work, or no reason to deprive yourself of it. I can afford it, he never asked permission. I announce the color. I add color, my color. Painting a Picasso he did not paint.
This painting is presented as a diptych and can be linked to a series of artworks where the artist explores the notion of artwork, the concept of the creative act, and themes such as the studio, the model, and the allegory of painting. Philippe Lagrange’s works tell stories, demonstrate, question, and sometimes disturb the …
The text is an excerpt from the catalog of the exhibition “Knowing How to Create without Panic” held at the museums of Dôle in 1984 and the Château Museum in Belfort in 1985. It was written by François CHEVAL, Departmental Curator of the Museums of Jura, and Christophe COUSIN, Curator of the Château Museum, Belfort. …