Guillaume Bresson

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Guillaume Bresson (born January 15, 1982 in Toulouse , France ) is a French painter.

Life

Bresson was a Fine Arts student at the University of Toulouse-Mirail in 2000 and 2001. In 2007 he graduated with honors from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He lives in Paris and Berlin .

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His large-format oil paintings show young people in combat situations, in places like underground car parks, dark alleys and other gloomy urban areas. Guillaume Bresson plays with the idea of ​​ancient gladiator fights and uses their aesthetics and epic expression in the context of modern urban society.

Bresson uses the old technique of grisaille . His works are influenced by the compositions of the baroque painter Nicolas Poussin .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2010 Dynasty , Palais de Tokyo, Paris
  • 2009 Presentation in the project room Sorry We're closed, Brussels
  • 2008 Tandem 2 , Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse
  • 2008 Solo exhibition, Bourouina Gallery, Berlin
  • 2008 Dix-7 en Zéro-7, Ecoles des Beaux-Arts, Paris
  • 2008 La dégelée Rabelais, Musée Pierre André Benoit, Alès, France
  • 2007 Solo exhibition, Galerie Lacen, Paris

Individual evidence

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