We know the two-minute meeting on France Télévisions which gives the curious a work to discover, to understand, to love.
The off-track is that of Stéphane De Groodt and it is his pen here, always full of humor and sprinkled with wordplay and wit, which invites us on a journey through Art, an interior journey in two ways : inside the work by focusing on a detail and inside ourselves thanks to the emotions it gives us.
The choice to look at art through the lens, to change point of view, allows us to question what there is to see, what we do not see, what is not not shown and sometimes on the fact that there is nothing to see.
The chosen detail also has a whole meaning: it can seem surprising, trivial, hackneyed, or even insignificant. And yet, put into perspective between different works by artists, from different eras, on different media, it reveals how the vision of an artist can transcend reality and speak to our hearts and brains at the same time.
Oh ! Biz'Art – A journey through the history of art through motif ! by Stéphane De Groodt. Éditions Flammarion, 176 pages, 29.90 euros.
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