At the Free Theater, the famous art critic tells us about the life of Christ to better read the painting that was inspired by it. A fun object lesson.
« It is one thing to enter a museum, it is another to enter a painting », said the writer Julien Battesti about the art critic Hector Obalk. It is true that the latter has the incredible talent of breaking in, pedagogy and fantasy into the works. After The whole history of painting in less than two hourshere is The whole story of Jesus through painting.
On the stage, a monumental wall made up of around a hundred works, from Giotto to Fragonard. Obalk is accompanied by a cellist (Florent Carrière) and a violinist (Pablo Schatzman). It all begins with the Annunciation and Obalk, « Jewish by (his) mother and Catholic by painting »laughs at the situation: « Marie is a little taken aback, there is reason : she is pregnant even though she is a virgin, it is not obvious. Moreover, she is not pregnant with just anyone, with the power of the Most High who will cover you with his shadow ! » Defense and illustrations…
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