Lieu Commun La cité Gabriel Riesnert

Lieu Commun La cité Gabriel Riesnert

Gabriel Riesnert depicts here a building designed in 1933 by Gaston Castel (1886 – 1971), bathing it in a timeless light. Through a pared-down framing and the absence of human figures, he transforms the structure into an urban icon, suspended between realism and poetic abstraction. His approach seeks less to faithfully represent architecture than to reveal a silent presence, inviting contemplation of the city as shared memory.

Born in 1970, Gabriel Riesnert lives and works in Paris and south of France.

Since his early age Gabriel Riesnert has been fascinated by the beauty of plant forms and urban architectural lines. His passion pushes him to a practice of painting and drawing between photographic inspiration and urban realism. The artist’s consideration of painting is essentially turned to a representation of what we see and perceive of these forms, whether they provide a fiction or an impression of beauty, of serenity.

Beyond the visual, the creation of a work for Gabriel Riesnert is an interpretive experience and a journey intimately linked to space and time. His paintings often represent spaces and forms that are inspired by the tradition of the natural and architectural landscape. By enlarging details and creating a play of colors and shadows, the painter draws up a quest for the possible and a virgin path in the viewer’s eye.

Lieu Commun La cité Gabriel Riesnert

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