Vicky Colombet's 'Earth' Exhibition Merges Abstraction with Natural Forms at Christian Duvernois Gallery

Vicky Colombet's solo exhibition 'Earth' at Christian Duvernois Landscape/Gallery in New York City ran from October 22 to December 19, 2014, featuring paintings and photographs that blend abstraction with natural imagery. The French-born American artist, based in New York for fifteen years, creates works that evoke historical Chinese landscapes and the sublime, using natural pigments like gem and earth tones. Key pieces include the black-and-white triptych Earth Series #1304, #1305, and #1306 (2014), which resemble photographs with intricate, enigmatic forms suggesting cross-sections of human tissue, and large paintings such as Earth Series #1314 (2014) on unprimed linen, where blue forms build upward in fractured shards. Colombet also displayed manipulated iPhone photos of clouds printed on vellum, which correspond to her photograph-like paintings. Her art explores the intersection of painting and photography, with compositions often shifting upward to imply transcendence through nature, as seen in Earth Series #1310 (2014) with black shard-like shapes. The exhibition highlights her philosophy where abstraction and nature meet on equal terms, demanding viewer engagement to experience the work openly.