Didier Demozay's Radical Abstraction at Mamac

The exhibition 'Affrontement' at the Galerie des Ponchettes of the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (Mamac) in Nice presents large-format paintings by Didier Demozay. The works feature two or three colored forms on white backgrounds, emphasizing the physical perception of color and space. Demozay's approach, situated after abstraction, rejects imagery and concepts in favor of material experience. The artist's practice is compared to Radical Painting, Günther Förg, Callum Innes, and Stéphane Bordarier. The gallery's architecture, with stone pilasters, is used to frame the paintings, creating a tension between interior and exterior space. The exhibition highlights Demozay's coherent and radical non-figurative painting, which has been overlooked in recent years but contributes to a renewal of abstract painting in France.