Kalakriti Art Gallery presents Plus verte ailleurs, an exhibition showcasing works produced during the cross- residency exchange programme between Bordeaux Métropole and Hyderabad in The State of Telangana, India, in partnership with the Krishnakriti Foundation, Kalakriti Art Gallery and The City Hall of Bordeaux under one roof.
The line of paintings produced by French artist, Emmanuelle, consists of small oilpaintings on wood, in the tradition of medieval art, but using real-life photos representing colourful atmospheres and subjects directly selected in landscapes or in the immediate environment during her residency in Hyderabad.
It’s interesting to view how her one series ends up to the beginning of the next sequence - creating a connection, a pictorial link, with the series developed before and after, in France or in other European countries along with the current works.
Emmanuelle states : To be immersed in a culture and a country like India would really represent a great opportunity for her artistic work. To be introduced to the culture of brightness and polychrome, to understand the related symbolism and uses, to discover the knowledge and local know‐how of the Indian graphic and pictorial arts, to experiment local raw materials (pigments) would expand my pictorial practice (...)
