Zoom
SANS TITRE
2016
Christophe ROBE
Painting
240 x 195 cm
Since the 1990’s, Christophe Robe has been developing a research at the frontiers of figuration and abstraction. His dreamlike world immediately attracts the spectator with its strangeness and the recurrent use of figurative elements, most often vegetal or organic, which border more abstract elements. Since he brings together multiple universes, he uses various techniques: he sands, washes, accumulates, and increases the number of pictorial layers. Every painting is a universe in itself: a landscape, an undergrowth or an ocean floor. An ambiguity thus appears between depth and surface, as well as between the physical and optical dimensions of painting. Interwoven branches mingle with geometrical shapes with precise contours, uncertain shapes, or even material excrescences with multiple interpretations.
Christophe ROBE
France
Born in 1966
He lives and works in Paris. Robe's work has been displayed at the Salon de Montrouge exhibition since 2001.
As an artist, Christophe Robe likes to work with landscapes, a traditional genre with rules he examines and adapts for the modern era. He could also be called a figurative, or even realist artist, as he magnifies the effects of texture and colour in his depictions of tree trunks, bark, and branches. The tree is to Christophe Robe what a geometrical shape, colour, or method is to other artists – an almost obsessive medium the artist uses to explore the entire realm of painting by investigating the infinite number of possibilities it represents.
Artwork of
Christophe ROBE
Visit the Collection
Book a visit
The visit of the Collection is open to you! Come alone, in a group or on a school outing !
Reservation is mandatory in order to offer you a guided tour, at La Défense or by videoconference.
