Yvan Salomone

YVAN SALOMONE (Saint-Malo, France, 1957).
"The tugboat", 1996.
Watercolor on paper.
It has a label on the back of the Sollertis Gallery, Toulouse.
Damaged on the back cover.
Measurements: 100 x 141 cm; 104 x 145 cm (frame).
Yvan Salomone was born in 1957 in Saint-Malo, where he lives and works, in 1991, Yvan Salomone fixes the frame of his practice and devotes himself to watercolor painting by composing on identical formats. He paints in his studio from preliminary photographs taken that he interprets freely. Thus, the representation of raw materials (containers, cement, steel, etc.) conflicts with the lightness of the watercolors and undergoes a metamorphosis to create the singular character of his compositions. In many cases, as in this particular work, Salomone depicts port scenes devoid of any human presence, a motif that remains central to his work.
Yvan Salomone's work has been exhibited in several European institutions such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris (France), Mac Val, Cité de l'architecture, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg, La Criée - Centre d'art contemporain (Rennes), Mamco (Geneva), Witte de With (Rotterdam), Musée de la Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), and several FRACs, to name a few. His work can also be found in numerous public and private collections including: Centre Pompidou, FMAC, Mac Val, FRAC Bretagne, Haute Normandie, PACA, Picardie, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes, Île-de-France, Auvergne, Pays de la Loire, Languedoc-Rousillon, Fonds Municipal de la Ville de Paris, Collection Société Générale, MAM- CO, Museu Coleçao Berardo (Lisbon), and Witte de With (Rotterdam).