Spirituelles Odyssées” exhibition for the opening of the Atelier de La Grande Vitrine in Arles on Sept. 30. 2025
Éric Petr maintains a dynamic relationship with light
The subtlety of his shots generates a kind of dramatic intensity that is both intangible and elusive, bringing to the image an aura of mystery and strangeness — like a spiritual illumination emerging from the night of time.
He treats apparition as an inner space, challenging the viewer to make the necessary effort to grasp it.
The immaterial sensation of his images carries us into an infinite space without spatial or temporal reference points, which, like his apparitions, produce a perceptual experience that overwhelms us.
He materialises a distortion of time that traverses space — a radiance emanating outward, and a sensation of transcendence.
His experiments question the conditioning of the gaze toward form, as well as its approach to reality and abstraction alike.
Ana Sartori
Text presented for the exhibition “Spiritual Odysseys” at the opening of L’Atelier de La Grande Vitrine in Arles, on 30 September 2025.
About the G-Lake Art Gallery at the Guihu Museum of Art・桂湖美术馆
The Guihu Art Museum is located in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province. It is committed to exploring the connotation of local Fujian culture in depth, and to presenting various academic research and artistic practices in a variety of exhibition formats. In addition to the exhibition, the Guihu Art Museum will also organize various special lectures, salons, workshops and literary fashion activities, and is equipped with independent libraries, public classrooms and cafés.
The art museum has long supported Fujian’s new generation of artists and cooperated closely with local art lovers and cultural and rural groups. It has also regularly invited art groups, artists, curators, designers and writers from outside Fujian province and around the world to make resident creations in Fujian. At the same time, the art gallery will also actively promote cultural exchange across the Strait.
Images and architectural presentation of the Guihu Art Museum
VARIATIONS DE LUMIÈRE OPUS 5 Photographic triptych 2021 (33x150cm) Copy #2/3 (+1 EA)
This opus is a continuation of a reflection on the essence of light and its effect on the perception of Being in its immediate or cosmic environment.
Light fascinates me by the duality of its state, at once corpuscular and undulatory, but also for everything that makes it our perception of the world.
My ” Variations de Lumière “, arranged by opus, present images born of my observation of light, revealing the gap in perception between the photographed reality and the photographic record.
It’s a metaphor, but I’d say that the medium of photography is particularly well-suited to this study, because the photons that strike my negative, materialized by impact points on the emulsion layer of silver halide crystals, or on the low-pass filter of a sensor, describe the corpuscular nature of light during the shooting phase.
Similarly, this material, used as a material, underlines the wave-like nature of light, when these impacts on the negative become oscillations on the paper.
From this observation of photons recorded at a moment ” T ” in their infinite course through the cosmos, at a precise point in the universe, comes this writing of light.
Hello, I’m pleased to announce my participation in the “Avant la lettre” exhibition in Valencia, Spain, this autumn!
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CNFAP is delighted to invite you to the opening of the exhibition “AVANT LA LETTRE”, an exchange between France and Spain as part of its “DIALOGUES” program.
A catalog and an artist’s book were produced for the occasion.
[Exposición] BEFORE THE LETTER Nov. 15, 2024 > Dec. 13, 2024 Opening, November 15, 6:30 pm
AVANT LA LETTRE is an interdisciplinary collaborative exhibition between the CIAE [Centre de recherche sur l’art et l’environnement] of the UPV [Université polytechnique de Valence] and the CNFAP [Conseil National Français des Arts Plastiques] of UNESCO, entities dedicated to the creation and dissemination of the visual arts.
This exhibition is organized by Amparo B. Wieden and the CNFAP Commission.
The exhibition venue Casa de la Cultura José Peris Aragó Calle del Mar, 1 46120 Alboraya Valencia Spain
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm and Saturday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Variations of Light opus 5 [click on the image to enlarge it]
I’m delighted to announce my participation in the Réalités Nouvelles Hors les Murs exhibition in Shenyang, China!
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抽象融合 – ABSTRACT CONVERGENCE
学米支持 ACADEMIC SUPPORT 奥利维尔 -迪埃-皮齐奥 OLIVIER DI PIZIO 艺未总临 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 徐比莉 EMILY XU
策展人：甄熙 COMMISSARIAT：ZHENXI
14.09 〜 17.11.2024
法国新现实协会 艺术家群展 EXHIBITION BY ARTIST COLLECTIVE RÉALITÉS NOUVELLES – PARIS
展覧地点｜SHOWROOM 沈阳市铁西区兴华北街8号 1905文化创意园1905艺术空间
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ABOUT MY ARTWORK
VARIATIONS DE LUMIÈRE OPUS 5 Photographic triptych 2021 (33x150cm) Copy #2/3 (+1 EA)
This opus is a continuation of a reflection on the essence of light and its effect on the perception of Being in its immediate or cosmic environment.
Light fascinates me by the duality of its state, at once corpuscular and wave-like, but also for everything that makes it our perception of the world.
My “Variations de Lumière” (Variations of Light), arranged by opus, are images born of my observation of light, revealing the gap in perception between photographed reality and the photographic record.
It is a metaphor, but I would say that the medium of photography is particularly well-suited to this study, because the photons that strike my negative, materialized by impact points on the emulsion layer of silver halide crystals, or on the low-pass filter of a sensor, describe the corpuscular nature of light during the shooting phase.
Similarly, this material, used as a material, underlines the wave-like nature of light, when these impacts on the negative become oscillations on the paper.
From this observation of photons recorded at a moment “T” in their infinite course through the cosmos, at a precise point in the universe, comes this writing of light.
I’m pleased to invite you to the opening of the “Propositions Abstraites” photography exhibition, Wednesday January 24, 6-9pm.
EXHIBITION January 25 to February 3, 2024 open Wednesday to Saturday, 2 to 7 p.m.
ABSTRACT PROJECT GALLERY 5 rue des Immeubles Industriels 75011 PARIS metro Nation www.abstract-project.com
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ABSTRACT PROPOSALS PHOTOGRAPHY For the second time, Abstract Project gallery presents an exhibition focusing on photography, its practices and its approach to non-figurative abstraction. The widespread availability and distribution of photographic possibilities has increased personal production tenfold, fostering experimentation and generating, in its continuous flow, abstract images from professionals, amateurs or simple opportunities to look. Avoiding an exhaustive panorama of this research, we wanted to invite artists close to the Réalités Nouvelles movement, whether photographers, painters or visual artists, to present their occasional or regular practice of abstraction in photography. By looking at the various media not in silos, but as tools that interact, feed off and support each other, the exhibition highlights how these artistic disciplines influence artists in their approach to abstract photography, and set them apart.
Exhibition initiated by Michel-Jean DUPIERRIS and Jun SATO with…
Caroline BOUCHER Florian BOUXIN Charlotte BRASSEAU Michel CARDOT Marcel CROZET Denise DEMARET-PRANVILLE Philippe Henri DOUCET Hippolyte DUPONT Elisabeth LAPLANTE Éric PETR Jun SATO Marie-Françoise SERRA Yoann YVONNET
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Title: Hikari 0x308518BF Year: 2023 Copy: #1/3 Size: 19 x 19 cm [Cadre 32 x 32 cm] Technique: Digital photography in situ Nikon DF, Nikkor Q135. Lucia Pro pigment inks on Hahnemühle Fine Art Pearl 285g paper. Print made at Éric Petr Studio inspiration
I am happy to announce the MURMURS exhibition organized by the CNFAP at the La Ville A des Arts gallery in Paris 18th from 4.10 to 15.10.2023 and bringing together 41 visual artists who will express themselves on the theme of murmurs. A Vernissag will be held on this occasion on October 3 at 6:30 p.m. 🥂✨
Participating artists: Ayasaky Rikka – Barrovecchio Luc – Bauer Caroline – Belin Hélène – Bismuth Mélina – Blauth Lurdi – Braun Guy – Brebel Catherine – Bry Christine – Burdeos Rosa – Collandre Françoise – Dubois Tristan – Dudret Geneviève – Edouard André – Ferru Magdéleine – Fourmestraux Éric – François Claudine – Gendre-Bergère Christine – Gérodez Jean-Claude – Gehand Annie – Guyon Spennato Elizabeth – Jäggi Andreas – Kouninioti Catherina – Koyama-Meyer Stéphane – Lambrechts Marc – Loquen Claudine – Lorsa – Nassor Carine – NEL – Pedeau-Said Geneviève – Pelouze Anny – Petr Éric – Pichereau Alain – Pourny Anne – Sartori Ana – Searle Patrick – Shahnaei Najine – Souliotis Dimitrios – Sustrac Bernard – Tralongo Pauline – Vuerich Franco
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USEFUL INFORMATIONS
The Ville A des Arts 15 rue Hégésippe Moreau 75018 Paris Metro Place de Clichy lines 2 & 13
Open every day: from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free entry access Presence of artists on site
The French National Council for the Plastic Arts is the French National Committee that officially represents France in the IAAA (International Association of the Plastic Arts), an NGO under the auspices of UNESCO, and issues a professional artist card. Under the impulse of the General Direction of Arts and Letters of the Ministry of National Education, the CNFAP was created in 1956. It includes, among its founding members, 20 eminent artists, including : Georges BRAQUE, Roger CHAPELAIN-MIDY, André DUNOYER de SEGONZAC, Marcel GROMAIRE, Marie LAURENCIN, André LHOTE…
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MY EXHIBITED ARTWORK
The two exhibited works are part of a short photographic novella「ささやき」produced in Japan in May 2023.
ささやき (Sasayaki), in Japanese, means “MurmurS”, the title of the theme “Murmures” in French.
These photographs are, for those who know how to listen to silence, the murmur of nature.
While my photographic artwork tirelessly questions the murmurs of the universe, I did not think that the waves that I captured that night in Kanazawa, in dialogue with the moon, transmitted to me a vibration heralding the 6.5 magnitude earthquake which occurred a few hours later, on May 5, 2023 at 2:42 p.m. in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Everything is just a murmur of these waves which constantly pass through us and transmit to us in their infinite trajectory, the echo of the World, if indeed we can interpret it.
Photographs, Hahnemühle B&R Rag 310g paper, light oak wooden box and anti-reflective and anti-UV museum glass. From left to right (below): ささやき 0x608EBF51 (2023) 30x30cm #1/3 (+1AP) and ささやき 0x604ABB51 (2023) 30x30cm #1/3 (+1AP)
ABSTRACT ART ー WORKS ON PAPER The New Realities exhibition | Paris Kyōto 2023 Hors les Murs
The exhibition of NEW REALITIES > PARIS KYŌTO < [abstract works on paper] held at the KYŌTO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HOUSE (KOKOKA) in the city of Kyōto from April 26 to 30, 2023, during the Kyōtographie International Festival, was an event nurtured by some very fine encounters. A mainly Japanese public came to see this exhibition, encouraging a highly constructive exchange in the spirit of opening up art and culture beyond national borders.
An opening ceremony was held on April 26, the day of the Vernissage, by Mr Fujita Hiroyuki, Director of the Kokoka hosting the exhibition, and Mr Jun Sato, organizer of the Réalités Nouvelles event. Also for this occasion, Mrs. Mikiko Tanaka, Member of the Kyōto Prefectural Assembly, and Mr. Masayoshi Imamura came to arrange two sumptuous bouquets of flowers that lit up the space throughout this magnificent exhibition. This event was also an opportunity to welcome an elementary school class, and drawing workshops and exchanges with the artists were organized to raise awareness of abstract art among this very young audience.
Video presentation of the exhibition at the end of the hangingFloral arrangement by Mikiko Tanaka さん and Masayoshi Imamura さんThe Artists (from left to right): Akane Masano さん, Shigekazu Tonomura さん, Yasushi Furutake さん (visiting artist), Éric Petr and Okayoko さん
ARTISTS OF NEW REALITIES 🇫🇷 Mohamed AKSOUH Sandrine ARS-COIGNARD Maria ARVELAIZ-GORDON Joanick BECOURT Milija BELIC Roger BENSASSON Joël BESSE Christine BOIRY Francesc BORDAS Claire BORDE Caroline BOUCHER Carol-Ann BRAUN Jeanne CHARTON Anne COMMET Ralph CUTILLO Claire DE CHAVAGNAC Diane DE CICCO DELNAU Olivier DI PIZIO Bernard DIDELLE Philippe Henri DOUCET Gilles DROUIN Yannick DUBLINEAU Sahar FOROUTAN Alain GUILLON Héloïse GUYARD Frédéric HENNINGER Stefanie HEYER Ingrid HORNEF Mary-Christine JALADON Bernard JEUFFROY Françoise KULESZA Erik LEVESQUE Alain LONGUET Pascal MAHOU Cristina MARTINEZ Sylvie MARY Jean-Paul MEISER Celia MIDDLEMISS Munira NAQUI Jean NAVAILH Roland ORÉPÜK Paola PALMERO Ana PÉREZ VENTURA Éric PETR Laurence REBOH Jun SATO Marie-Françoise SERRA Madeleine SINS Bogumila STROJNA François SUPIOT Sandrine THIÉBAUD-MATHIEU Marine VU Jacques WEYER
THE PLACE
Kyoto International Community House (kokoka) 2-1 Torii-cho, Awataguchi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8536 JAPAN tel : +8175-752-3010 https://www.kcif.or.jp/
I am happy to be invited to this beautiful event and I will present for this exhibition on abstraction a new photographic work in 3 copies printed on matte cotton fiber paper of 40x55cm.
I hope to have the pleasure of meeting you at the opening 🙂 During our exhibition, the International Festival of Photography “KYOTOGRAPHIE” will take place in Kyōto from 15.04 to 15.05.2023 and you can also see other exhibitions on this occasion.
“FORESTS” CNFAP Exhibition 14.03 > 25.03.2023 City Hall of the 8th district of Paris Mº St Augustin
This event organized by the French National Council of Plastic Arts is part of the cultural events related to the International Day of Forests which takes place on March 21.
The French National Council for the Plastic Arts is the French National Committee that officially represents France in the IAAA (International Association of the Plastic Arts), an NGO under the auspices of UNESCO, and issues a professional artist card. Under the impulse of the General Direction of Arts and Letters of the Ministry of National Education, the CNFAP was created in 1956. It includes, among its founding members, 20 eminent artists, including : Georges BRAQUE, Roger CHAPELAIN-MIDY, André DUNOYER de SEGONZAC, Marcel GROMAIRE, Marie LAURENCIN, André LHOTE…
Presentation : Triptych of 48 x 100 cm composed of three photographic’s tableau. Technique: Digital camera and pigment ink print on satin-finish fine art paper.
From these threads of light, which flow over our forests as water spreads life, are hidden the secret codes of the creative matter that reproduces the universes. This powerful energy seeps into the interstices of nature and its cosmic sap works to shape the universe in the matrix. This first opus was born from this reflection on the life-giving power of the forest but also on its vulnerability. This new project will write its next opuses to reveal the forest in its most poetic form but also to make the reader aware of this equation: vitality / fragility.
Barely suggested, and sometimes evanescent as a thought, in a movement generated by warm kisses, ruby color, pink or sunny, symbol of lightness and carelessness, like a breath which would cross the seasons, straight out of the matrix of the world, are reborn in this magical Provence, the time of a dance announcing the torrid heat, my timeless efflorescences.
I am very happy to share with you this new series, exhibited by CORRIDOR ÉLÉPHANT. I invite you to discover the continuation of this photographic work in the Exhibition Gallery.
