Cypress story - Rémy Xavier

Description

Rémy XAVIER, also known as Mr LiGht, is a contemporary French artist who grew up in the world of graffiti and underground art. For some time, his works have been dealing with humor and poetry about the interaction between humans and nature. After a long stay in several French cities and in Brussels, where he collaborated with art galleries and institutions, he found his approach to this theme. Today, he lives in his hometown in the south of France, works for a museum, and continues to organize exhibitions in art spaces.
The theme of the exhibition at the gallery "Ahoj Nazdar Čau" is the secrets of nature and the question of why it continues to fascinate artists—in a society where nature is increasingly pushed into the background in important political debates.
The series "Cypress Story" developed gradually. Every day I passed by this cypress, and something inside me told me to paint it. And so I did. After some time, a man from my village, who knows my family and the area well, told me during my exhibition that he recognized this cypress and was sure it had been planted more than two hundred years ago by one of my ancestors. I share the same first name as this ancestor... Life is a cycle, and the world revolves around it. The other images show views from the place where I live, from my territory, from my surroundings. This is my nature, and it inspires my thinking and my work every day; exactly what I missed in the big cities.
The depiction of nature in display cases shows how humans want to organize and limit it, while on the other hand, nature disappears due to human needs. I build a bridge between nature and graffiti, because neither is fully understood as it truly is: as a symbol of freedom and a space of love. I am honored to organize this exhibition here at the "Ahoj Nazdar Čau" gallery and to show the people in Czechia that the same political questions regarding memory, nature, and humans connect us. I am also very happy to have met Petra, the gallery curator and my long-time friend, again. Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

Points forts

• Exhibition by Rémy Xavier, known as Mr LiGht
• Theme: Secrets of nature and their artistic fascination
• Location: Galerie Ahoj Nazdar Čau, Jablonec nad Nisou

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The "Cypress Story" exhibition by Rémy Xavier explores the relationship between humans and nature. The artist, who grew up in the world of graffiti and underground art, presents works inspired by personal experiences and local history.

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Luční 379/3, 466 01 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

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