Denis Marcon - Abstract Artist
Denis Marcon, born November 27, 1967 in St Chamond, France.
Abstract painter, self-taught, i give way to my feelings and my imagination to create my art. It's a total letting go, a real abandonment.
Nothing else counts, in a way, a true communion with the canvas, without any limits. I superimpose the colors without thinking to the result that it will give in advance, i just let my emotions of the moment guide me
2009
– Biennial of Visual artists in Nimes – France
– Autumn art fair – Nimes – France
– International art fair in Sarlat – France
2010
– Biennial Artoulouse – France
2011
– Art Business Lounge – espace Pierre Cardin – Paris
– Montserrat Gallery – New York
2012
– Attitude Gallery – Paris (permanent representation)
– Carmin Art Gallery – Fribourg – Swiss
2013
– Arshart Gallery Dubai – United Arab Emirates
2014
– Vindemia Gallery – Dubai – United Arab Emirates
– Bucharest Novotel – Romania
2015
– Vindemia Gallery – Dubai – United Arab Emirates
2016
– We gallery – Shenzhen – China
2018
– L' art du dialogue – Kulanshi art center – Astana Kazahstan
2018- 2020
– Represented by Sonia Monti Gallery – Paris – France.
2020 ( December ) solo exhibition
– "Saigon dans les yeux".
– Rex Hôtel Hô-Chi-Minh city
Critic from Cambridge art
Denis M is proudly protective of his paintings like a mother of her child. Hand in hand they follow a path of discovery, enriching each other, entering into a dialogue as they go along. This is how the artist has been exploring the infinite ways of approaching his art over the past several years.
His colours overlap, intertwine and blend as he adds layer upon layer to his large-scale canvases. Glowing copper colours, a favourite, add warmth to the blues, greys or deep purples of his tonal range.
One after the other his paintings morph into tree bark, fossils, rocks, or even grainy fibre. Forged by his hands or by his knives, veining and imprints come alive. Out of this emerges work that is literally “down-to-earth” and almost as elemental as rock paintings. You are reminded of the raw materials of the world around us in his tonal colouring, and in the rise and fall of his contours.
Like a blacksmith shaping the molten iron, Denis M moulds his orange, blue and grey-tinted oils, and acrylics to give them a bolder presence. Texture is what it is all about and to this end he uses knives, hands, and rags. He is forever asking himself how the space should be filled, how bold his colours should be and how thickly he should apply the paint to soothe the essence of his creative inner-self.
Occasionally there is a glimpse of a shadowy figure but for the most part there is nothing figurative whatsoever. Denis M is self-taught and does not belong to any “school”; all that matters to him is the pleasure of creating something.
Through painting his own inner vision, and being master of his own artistic technique, Denis M produces work that does not fall into any traditional pattern and with that interior conviction as his starting point he and his compositions remain true to themselves. Denis M does not say anything, does not seek anything, but rather listens, feels and lets himself go.
The impulse to start painting brings surprise in its wake and he is the first to gaze at it in wonder. He is a perfectionist who moves from the invisible to the intangible, ever more determinedly trying to reveal not only his own feelings but also his deep-seated emotions. If feelings are the language of the soul, Denis M’s work manages to speak to us with refinement and sensitivity.
