Clara Bryon's First Paris Solo Show Explores Painting-Photography Boundary

Clara Bryon's first solo exhibition at Galerie Sabine Bayasli in Paris, titled 'Le Dialogue des parois', runs until May 6, 2023. The show presents large-format oil-on-wood diptychs that blur the line between painted and photographic images. Each diptych pairs a hyperrealistic rock face resembling a close-up photograph with an abstract panel in similar hues, evoking a blur of light. Bryon's work references prehistoric cave paintings, the surrealist rock formations of Yves Tanguy and Dalí, and the abstract moiré panels of Fra Angelico's 'Madonna of the Shadows' in Florence. The artist, who previously exhibited a self-portrait with a camera at Galerie Samira Cambie in Montpellier, continues her investigation into the boundary between painted and photographed imagery. The exhibition highlights the materiality of paint, the illusion of surface, and the transformation of figuration into abstraction.