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Sneaky Treasures
Idir Davaine, Singapore, 5 - 20 September 2020

Sneaky Treasures: Idir Davaine

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Cuturi Gallery is delighted to present Sneaky Treasures, a solo exhibition by French artist Idir Davaine (b. 1990, France). Adopting a seemingly playful and intuitive approach, Davaine returns with his polychromatic palette, coupled with his latest exploration of liberating forms in this series of nine paintings across canvas and paper.

 

Drawing inspiration from the environments we inhabit, Davaine wanders around with a camera in hand, spontaneously taking snapshots of everyday life. The artist has amassed a collection of visuals, of what could be said to be a constellation of different time and space continuums. As certain silhouettes start to emerge from this imagery, Davaine isolates and extracts various shapes and forms belonging to familiar elements, such as plants and trees, incorporating them into his paintings. This fragmented imagery goes through a process of manipulation, leading to the emergence of distorted forms taking on open and fluid qualities that play on a sense of unusual familiarity. Davaine’s painterly gestures of freeing such forms from their materialities, straddles between the real and the illusory, playing with our perceptions.

 

In working towards the composition of his paintings, Davaine amalgamates the fragmented and distorted elements painted. Each canvas then bears an assemblage of shapes and forms, decisively manipulated and dispersed to produce a visual composition that hints at storytelling and narrative. Such process sees Davaine’s conscious reiteration of manipulation in his approach that not only challenges, but also plays with our perceptible realities. By creating his own imaginary world, the artist invites viewers to participate in a game of visual deception, so as to uncover and interpret the hidden narratives behind his paintings.

 

Working with acrylic, Davaine interlocks a multitude of colours, where the viewer can easily find more than ten colours within each canvas. Each colour corresponds to a particular intention on the part of the artist, towards constructing a narrative.  As with the nature of Davaine’s works, the painting demands time and effort of the viewer, where we see anthropomorphic forms beginning to emerge amidst the aggregation of manipulatedshapes. While this interplay between the shapes and colour could coalesce to form such a narrative, Davaine still leaves much to the imagination of the viewer with the openness of his paintings.

 

Together, Davaine’s paintings point to an illusory of the real. He invites viewers to locate and identify various elements from his paintings, towards unravelling and constructing the narratives behind them on their own terms.Aug 2020.

 

Exhibition Catalogue

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Works
  • Idir Davaine, La Soeur: Collier Precieux, Ombre Pourpre, Ciel Bleu , 2020
    Idir Davaine, La Soeur: Collier Precieux, Ombre Pourpre, Ciel Bleu , 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Le Frère: Double Coeurs, Soleil Couchant, Gentil Serpent Multicolore, 2020
    Idir Davaine, Le Frère: Double Coeurs, Soleil Couchant, Gentil Serpent Multicolore, 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Bronze, Marais, Coeur, Couleuvre, 2020
    Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Bronze, Marais, Coeur, Couleuvre, 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Étude de Broussailles, Contre-forme, Couronne, 2020
    Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Étude de Broussailles, Contre-forme, Couronne, 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Grand Serpent Doré , 2020
    Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Grand Serpent Doré , 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Grande Ombre Bleue, Feuille de Chênes, Pollen , 2020
    Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Grande Ombre Bleue, Feuille de Chênes, Pollen , 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Palme, Lianes, Racines, 2020
    Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Palme, Lianes, Racines, 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Ruines, Marécages, Pollen, Crépuscules, 2020
    Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Ruines, Marécages, Pollen, Crépuscules, 2020
  • Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Sneaky King , 2020
    Idir Davaine, Sans-titre: Sneaky King , 2020
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Press
  • Sneaky Treasures by Idir Davaine

    Dewi Nurjuwita, Timeout Singapore, September 6, 2020
  • 9 Events in Singapore that You Shouldn’t Miss in September 2020

    Amelia Yeo, Singapore Tatler, September 4, 2020
  • 5 Things to Do in Singapore This Week: 31st August to 6th September 2020

    Shiva Ramkumar, City Nomads, August 30, 2020
Events
  • Opening Weekend: Sneaky Treasures by Idir Davaine

    Opening Weekend: Sneaky Treasures by Idir Davaine

    at the Helutrans Artspace 5 - 6 Sep 2020
    Cuturi Gallery is delighted to present Sneaky Treasures, a solo exhibition by French artist Idir Davaine. Adopting a seemingly playful and intuitive approach, Davaine returns with his polychromatic palette, coupled with his latest exploration of liberating forms in this series of nine paintings across canvas and paper. By creating his own imaginary world, the artist invites viewers to participate in a game of visual deception, so as to uncover and interpret the hidden narratives behind his paintings. Idir Davaine: Sneaky Treasures will be on view at ARTSPACE@HeluTrans, 39 Keppel Rd...
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