Christophe Cartier at Musée Paul Delouvrier, Evry

Christophe Cartier's exhibition at Musée Paul Delouvrier in Evry (October 6–28, 2012) presents twenty paintings centered on a triptych titled Nymphéas. While not a retrospective, the show gathers works from 2007 onward that capture Cartier's ongoing engagement with painting over three decades. The artist's practice evokes Robert Motherwell's gestural drips and splatters, as well as Simon Hantaï's pliage technique, where the brush only touches convex folds. Cartier identifies as an abstract painter, though figurative elements occasionally appear for formal reasons. His background in photography informs the indexical quality of his work. The paintings exhibit a rhythmic, almost obsessive gesture, signaling a total bodily commitment to the canvas. Claire Nédellec authored the accompanying text.