Travels and Encounters

The "self-portraits..." of the Colours of Names series displayed a very simple composition : the synesthetic colours of the name considered were disposed as four squares in a square painting. Here I wanted to experiment with a superimposition of two names. These are set as a central figure on a background whose colours are conventionally figurative.

Nestor Burma at the Côte d'Azur: NBCA1.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. June 2002.

Nestor Burma at the Côte d'Azur 2.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. July 2002.

Hernan Cortes and Montezuma. Noche Triste.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. August 2002.

Frida Kahlo in Arizona.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. February 2003.

Frida Kahlo in the Mirror.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. March 2003.

'Edith Piaf' and 'Miles Davis', n°1.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. December 2002.

'Edith Piaf' and 'Miles Davis', n°2.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. January 2003.

Marcel Duchamp / Jacques Villon.
Acrylics on linen 80cmx80cm. September 2002.

Marcel Duchamp /Marchand du Sel. The True.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. October 2002.

Marcel Duchamp /Marchand du Sel. The Beautiful.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. November 2002.

'Docteur Jekyll' and 'Mister Hyde'.
Acrylic on linen 80x80cm. October 2003.

'The Bliss of Lovers'.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. May 2004.

'L'Objet sans Nom'.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. February 2005.

Selfportrait as Galbinus Gilvus Cesius.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. January 2006.

La Pomme d'Isaac Newton.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. April 2006.

James Clerk Maxwell, Mallarmé.
Digital print 33x33cm. March 2007.

O iris pur issu du mot.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. August 2009.

Rouge, vert, outremer, safran.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. August 2009.

Du mot voir l'iris sous l'obscur.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. June 2010.

Green blue and red get split from black.
Acrylic on linen on board 80cmx80cm. August 2010.

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