{"id":1306,"date":"2017-09-29T14:56:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kermerblog.com\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2019-02-05T07:23:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T07:23:26","slug":"bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/en\/bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire de Chavagnac-Brugnon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When design lovers find themselves in Morlaix, a visit to Arte Diem is essential. This concept store mixes objects of design, lifestyle &#8211; and  contemporary art. Thanks to a collaboration with the R\u00e9jane Louin Gallery in Locquirec, we discovered the artwork of Claire de Chavagnac! Her rhythm and colours sang out to me. I wanted to know more, so Yann, the store-owner, very kindly put us in contact.<\/p>\n<p>Claire de Chavagnac receives us in her studio in Plestin-les-Gr\u00e8ves. It is a bright, airy space completely surrounded by vegetation which she designed and built herself. Naturally, the fact that that she is a trained architect doesn&#8217;t hurt! But we instantly understand from where the rigor and rhythm of her work originate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1306 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/en\/bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon\/shot-with-dxo-one-camera-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dxo_1076-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1312\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1312'>\n\t\t\t\tShot with DXO ONE Camera\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/en\/bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon\/shot-with-dxo-one-camera-2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dxo_1075-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1313\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1313'>\n\t\t\t\tShot with DXO ONE Camera\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This rhythm is the fruit of an artistic approach distinctive to the artist. During a move, Claire lost all of her personal belongings, visuals and photo albums. As a result, she decided to create her own &#8220;vocabulary of words&#8221; to fix her memories and emotions forever. A little like the cuneiform or elementary writing of childhood, composed mainly of vertical lines, aligned and superimposed in an order that obeys only the rules of the artist&#8217;s imagination, and which takes on the colours of the landscapes she discovers in her travels. The artist fixes her emotions in the form of sketches in a travel diary, an intimate diary where nothing escapes her. Everything is meticulously recorded through her illustrations, in a timeless visual memory. It&#8217;s about keeping track of the passage of time. Once back in her studio, she decides which subjects she wishes to develop further in her paintings.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1306 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/en\/bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon\/shot-with-dxo-one-camera-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dxo_1072-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1336\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1336'>\n\t\t\t\tClaire dans son atelier\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/en\/bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon\/img_20170905_121156\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_20170905_121156-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1337\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1337'>\n\t\t\t\tCredits: @Chavagnac-Brugnon\/ADAGP\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>Photo de droite: @Chavagnac-Brugnon\/ADAGP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From 2007, I no longer wanted to be tempted by mere representation, but to illustrate my emotional memory. My practice, since then, is a pure play of materials and non-identifiable symbols in a sensory evocation taken from my daily life. The painting is colour, light and music, object-references of a moment I have lived, an invitation to an &#8220;open&#8221; sensory experience for the viewer. If the canvas has a title, it&#8217;s in reference to the global space in the context of the experience I lived that motivated the work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Claire divides her time between Paris and Brittany, but not only. She has lived in the US and has travelled in China, Japan and India, her varied experiences in her travels nurture her creativity. Her latest trip was to Australia and the red landscape of the bush inspire her most recent works.<\/p>\n<p>But it is waterscapes that invariably inspire and attract her. The sea must never be far away. Locquirec, Locquemeau, Toul-an-Hery, Beg-ar-Fry, these are places to which the artist is strongly attached. We understand it so well J, but let&#8217;s look at Claire&#8217;s interpretation of the ports of Locquirec and Locqu\u00e9meau.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1318\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1318\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/s-1-nuit-au-port-de-locquirec-2010-116x81-v2.jpg\" alt=\"s 1 nuit au port de locquirec 2010 116x81 v2\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/s-1-nuit-au-port-de-locquirec-2010-116x81-v2.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/s-1-nuit-au-port-de-locquirec-2010-116x81-v2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nuit au port de Locquirec, 2010. Credits: @Chavagnac-Brugnon\/ADAGP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1319\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1319 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/s-2-basse-mer-a-locquemeau-acrylique-sur-toile-116x81cm.jpg\" alt=\"s 2 basse mer a locquemeau acrylique sur toile 116x81cm\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/s-2-basse-mer-a-locquemeau-acrylique-sur-toile-116x81cm.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/s-2-basse-mer-a-locquemeau-acrylique-sur-toile-116x81cm-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basse mer \u00e0 Locqu\u00e9meau. Credits: @Chavagnac-Brugnon\/ADAGP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Locquirec and Locqu\u00e9meau are two ports that are geographically very close, located on the same schistose fault and facing each other. And the depth of the blues and greens vary depending on the port. In fact, Claire has portrayed two completely different atmospheres, which are as much about the osmosis between the people as the places and the associated colours. Locquirec, a marina with white sand, deep green water, seduces by its light-hearted side, while Locqu\u00e9meau, a fishing port with a deeper sea by its more serious maritime atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1306 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/en\/bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon\/img_6238\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6238-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1331\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1331'>\n\t\t\t\tLocquirec\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/en\/bretagne-claire-de-chavagnac-brugnon\/img_6245\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ker-mer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6245-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1332\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1332'>\n\t\t\t\tPort de Locquirec\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>What is truly formidable is the artist&#8217;s ability to make us perceive a reality that corresponds to a specific moment in time through their sensitivity and interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>Claire exhibits at the R\u00e9jane Louin gallery in Locquirec, at Arte Diem in Morlaix, and also in other galleries in Paris, and also even further afield, in a museum in Japan. Contemporary works that fit easily into our interiors, and, with a little luck, can remind you of a place you love!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Tina<\/p>\n<p><em>Image \u00e0 la Une: @Chavagnac-Brugnon\/ADAGP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre id=\"fancy-title-59fb268cbaff1\" class=\"mk-shortcode mk-fancy-title fancy-title-align-left simple-style \">ARTE DIEM\r\nplace Allende\r\n4 venelle au beurre\r\n29600 Morlaix\r\nT. +33 (0)2 98 62 09 91\r\nartediem29@club-internet.fr\r\n\r\nGALERIE REJANE LOUIN\r\n19 rue de l\u2019\u00c9glise\r\n29241 Locquirec\r\nT. +33 (0)2 98 79 36 57<a href=\"mailto:rejane.louin@gmail.com\">\r\nrejane.louin@gmail.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When design lovers find themselves in Morlaix, a visit to Arte Diem is essential. This concept store mixes objects of design, lifestyle &#8211; and contemporary art. 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