Room IV

The tipping point

1992 – 1997

39 works

Characteristic of the 1993–1997 period, the monolithic bodies, standing or lying, appear as avatars of anthropomorphic figures which, as the years go by, tip over into weightlessness.

“Keep black for light, and stillness for gesture, and gesture for the search for forms. Lost.”
— Roland Buraud, “La bouche d’ombre”, Mac 2000 catalogue, 1994

Milestones · Paris

1992: Mac 2000, Grand Palais, Paris
1992: Mac 2000, Grand Palais
1993: Atelier WG, Amsterdam ; la peinture, jusque-là verticale, bascule : les corps chutent
1993: ISC Mécen’Art, PARVI, Paris
1994: Galerie Lillebonne, Nancy ; « La bouche d’ombre », catalogue Mac 2000
1995: Seconde période des Gynéphores : la période bleue
1995: Gynéphores
1996: Galerie Von Engeln, Paris
1997: Ap’Arté, Paris

Meanwhile, in painting

1992: Mort de Francis Bacon.
1995: Lucian Freud peint Benefits Supervisor Sleeping.
1996: Rétrospective Francis Bacon au Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Le Grand Pleur (The Great Weeping)
1992–1994 · 195 × 300 cmOil on canvasImage: Archives Roland Buraud · All rights reserved · estate of Roland Buraud
In the themed tours
- From fall to flight
  Le Grand Pleur, 1992 – 1994. In these years, the monolithic bodies, standing or lying, begin their tilt towards weightlessness.
Untitled
1992–1994 · 195 × 486 cmOil on canvasStudio photograph, straightened; the edges outside the frame are filled in a neutral tone.Image: Archives Roland Buraud · All rights reserved · estate of Roland Buraud
Yellow triptych
1992–1993 · 195 × 450 cmOil on canvasImage: Archives Roland Buraud · All rights reserved · estate of Roland Buraud
In the themed tours
- Three panels, one work
  Yellow Triptych, 1992 – 1993, oil on canvas. It belongs to the period of the tilt, when the bodies begin to lose their balance.
Icare (Icarus)
1992–1994 · 150 × 200 cmOil on canvasImage: Archives Roland Buraud · All rights reserved · estate of Roland Buraud
In the themed tours
- From fall to flight
  Icarus, 1992 – 1994. The title recalls the one who flew too close to the sun and fell: the fall is already there.
Cross-shaped triptych
1995 · 195 × 130, 228 × 28 et 195 × 130 cmOil on canvasImage: Archives Roland Buraud · All rights reserved · estate of Roland Buraud
In the themed tours
- Three panels, one work
  Triptych in a Cross, 1995: here the panels are no longer simply side by side. Count them and see how they fit together.