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ABSTRACT CONVERGENCE | SHENYANG 2024

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.

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A LONG-TERM CURRICULUM…

Le Lavandou 1980’s © Éric Petr | Nikon F3, film Kodak

These photographs, taken with a Nikon F3, mounted with a Nikkor 50mm f1.4 or 105mm f2.5 lens and Kodak film, bear witness to my highly creative period in the ’80s.
They show, in successive order: the beach at Le Lavandou, the outside fire escape at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and a broken window in the former wasteland of Les Halles de la Villette in Paris.

The first silver photograph was a precursor to the work I’m still doing today.
Taken at night, on the beach at Le Lavandou, with an exposure time of around 15 minutes, and shot at 720°, it recreates the electromagnetic atmosphere of a vacation and party spot, its beach, the black reflections of the sea and the rolling of the waves, the lights of boats, stars, the moon, coastal lighthouses and bars still barely lit.

A LONG-TERM COURSE… “who goes slowly, goes healthily”!

I took up photography in 1983, and spent ten passionate years with the idea of developing research and aesthetics based on “pure” light, and the impact it can have on our mind, our thoughts, or our perception of the universe.

Center Pompidou Paris 1980’s © Éric Petr | Nikon F3, Kodak film

The research I had begun on this subject was halted in 1993 by the upheaval caused by  the arrival of digital technology in the world of photography.

It wasn’t until 10 years later, in 2003, after giving a great deal of thought to the image, its role and its power, that I took up this reflection and work again, using two media: digital and film photography.

In 2013, I opted to set up a company to develop this work over the long term.

Today, I exhibit and show my work in Paris, Europe and abroad.

Are you interested in following my work, discovering my new creations, and receiving invitations to my openings?
You can register at this link: https: //www.ericpetr.net/contact/

Les Halles de la Villette Paris 1980’s © Éric Petr | Nikon F3, film Kodak
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ABSTRACT PROPOSALS | PHOTOGRAPHY

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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

zz 光 0x308518BF Éric Petr | Blog Abstract Project Exhibition Paris January 2024
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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

zz Blog Abstract Project Exhibition Paris January 2024
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MURMURS 2023 @ CNFAP | ささやき

ささやき 0x604ABB51 (détail) © Éric Petr (2023


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

About the CNFAP
French National Council of Plastic Arts
www.cnfap-artsplastiques.org

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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ささやき 0x608EBF51

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)

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PARIS KYŌTO | NEW REALITIES HORS LES MURS > RETROSPECTIVE

Photograph shown in Kyōto © Éric Petr 光0x58B17F46

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 hanging
Floral 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

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

JAPANESE ARTISTS 🇯🇵
OKAYOKO（ おかよこ ）
Hiromi SATO（ 佐藤 ひろみ ）
Shigekazu TONOMURA（とのむら 茂一 ）
Akane MASANO（ まさの あかね ）

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/

Exhibition organized with The New Realities Paris
http://www.realitesnouvelles.org

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NEW REALITIES | PARIS KYŌTO 2023

RÉALITÉS NOUVELLES
HORS LES MURS PARIS KYŌTO

ABSTRACT ART ー WORKS ON PAPER

An exhibition co-sponsored by the
Kyōto City International Foundation

Wednesday 26.04 〜 Sunday 30.04.23　[09:30 〜 17:00]

VERNISSAGE :
Wednesday April 26, 2023　[17:00〜 20:30]

Kyōto International Community House
“Twin Cities” exhibition room
2-1 Torii-cho, Awataguchi, Sakyo-ku, Kyōto, 606-8536 JAPAN
Tel : +81-75-752-3010

https://www.kcif.or.jp/en


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.

www.kyotographie.jp


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光 0x58B17F46 (detail) photograph 30x45cm © Eric Petr, 2022
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FORESTS 2023 @ CNFAP | SYLVE COSMIQUE OPUS 1

Sylve cosmique opus 1 (Triptych 48x100cm) © Éric Petr


“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 exhibition offers forty four artworks, as many visions and questions about the forests and their interaction with the world around us, the richness and complexity of the relationships of our societies and our cultures, of man and are future.”
© Ana Sartori

About CNFAP

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…

www.cnfap-artsplastiques.org

Exhibition FORESTS by the CNFAP from 14.03 to 25.03.23 at the City Hall of the 8th district of Paris

ABOUT THE ARTWORK EXHIBITED

“Sylve cosmique opus 1” Triptych
Éric Petr, 2o22 / copy #1/3

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.

Flyer of the CNFAP FORESTS exhibition