Sans dessus dessous, t\u00eate \u00e0 t\u00eate, rouge, jaune, bleu
The urban pedestrian is a constant in Fromanger’s works. \u00abIn the street,\u201d he says, \u201cI leave what is familiar at home to enter the street where everything is mysterious, changing, and at the same time banal\u201d The table represents a group of people who are pleased with the information given in the urban space. Mais la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence spatiale a disparu, tout comme toute caract\u00e9ristique qui les individualiserait. They are limited to immobile silhouettes and wandering monochromes.
(Jouars-Pontchartrain, France, 1939 – Par\u00eds, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n A leading figure in Narrative Figuration and renowned for his political involvement, particularly in May 1968, G\u00e9rard Fromanger’s work seeks to capture the spirit of his time and update the dominant trends in our societies: a commercial world, flooded with media images, which today functions under the model of a digital computer network.