Louis Verret's Watercolor Football Paintings at Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire Explore Sport as Spectacle
Until July 20, 2024, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire in Paris showcases 'Fruits de la passion,' a watercolor collection by French artist Louis Verret. The exhibition, titled 'l'Atlas, joueur,' captures footballers in poignant moments, blending watercolor techniques with digital media. Verret explores the 'spectacularity' of football imagery, focusing on players as commercial symbols. On July 6, he will unveil 'Troisième quart de finale,' a temporary installation-performance coinciding with a match, as part of an artpress alphabet series for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. By linking football gestures to art history, he contrasts Cristofano Allori's 'Judith with the Head of Holopherne' and Paulo Dybala's goal celebration, portraying footballers as 'inexhaustible vehicles of emotion' and using the football as a metaphor in his art.
Key facts
- Louis Verret's exhibition 'l'Atlas, joueur' runs at Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire in Paris until July 20, 2024.
- Verret will present a temporary installation-performance 'Troisième quart de finale' on July 6, 2024.
- The exhibition features watercolor paintings from Verret's series 'Fruits de la passion,' begun in 2021.
- Verret uses watercolor to contrast digital sports broadcasts, emphasizing fluidity and emotional expression.
- The project is part of an artpress alphabet series by Marc Donnadieu for the Paris 2024 Olympic year.
- Verret discussed his work at the Fontainebleau art history festival, comparing football imagery to Cristofano Allori's painting.
- The article references Paul Pfeiffer's video 'Caryatid' (2008) and Andreas Gursky's photograph 'Amsterdam, Arena I, 2000.'
- Verret analyzes footballers as branded images where every physical detail serves identification and marketing.
Entities
Artists
- Louis Verret
- Marc Donnadieu
- Douglas Gordon
- Philippe Parreno
- Paul Pfeiffer
- Andreas Gursky
- Cristofano Allori
Institutions
- Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire
- artpress
- MOCA Los Angeles
- Gagosian
- Festival d'histoire de l'art de Fontainebleau
- Paula Cooper Gallery
- UEFA
- Ligue des champions
- FC Barcelone
- Paris-Saint-Germain
- Liverpool FC
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Fontainebleau
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Bonn
- Germany
Sources
- artpress —