Pierre Soulages

Synopsis: "When speaking of light, in connection with black, this sounds paradoxical. However, in reality, black is a colour of light. You cannot imagine there to be light without black being there, also," explains Pierre Soulages, one of the most important French artists of the post-war period. In addition to his paintings, his glass window works for the abbey in Conques and his self-designed house in Sete seem like poems made up of light and space. Using eighty specially selected own works, the artist talks about the individual segments of his creative period and provides an insight into the philosophy and aesthetics of his poetic work.
Series: Art Lives
Language: English
Country: Germany
Year of release: 2014
Subjects: Art
Keywords: colour; art - French; Soulages, Pierre

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