Mathieu Duvignaud explores the relationship and confrontation between humans and their environment, blending memory and transience in the contemporary world. His works, true diaries, respond to his daily concerns about the power struggle between the raw world and our modern society.
Drawing inspiration from France and Brazil, Mathieu uses a varied palette of materials and techniques to create unique works. He has explored themes such as the conflict between technology and atavism, the notion of landscape, and has even used ants to criticise society. His creations take various forms: performances, installations, abstract paintings made of salt.
The artist takes us on an artistic journey, where each work is a response to a specific moment. This wandering and fluctuating approach is reflected in his works, which oscillate between the ephemeral and the revelation of human and non-human marks on the territories he explores. Mathieu Duvignaud thus maps a contemporary testimony of our earth, embracing the multiplicity of interpretations and readings that his art triggers.
Thime, whose real name is Thierry Ménéchal, is an artist originally from Dordogne and currently based in Bordeaux, describes himself as a curious and creative autodidact. After a career as Sales Director in a large international group, he decided to change course to follow his artistic passion.
His artistic career took a turn in July 2015 when he discovered a new pigment-based technique while on vacation in Saint Martin. Inspired by a painter friend, he immersed himself in abstract art, considering this visual language to be the most seductive. Her artistic approach is based on three main axes: the use of pigments for effects and transparency, the use of oil for materials and reliefs, and the exploration of textured materials or linen sheets to cause movement.
He works with a knife, adopting a constant spontaneity in his gestures and movements. His artistic expression reflects his relationship to time, with rapid and obvious movements on some of his canvases.
Inviting everyone to plunge into their own imagination, THIME offers a unique artistic experience where each painting is the result of snapshots capturing doses of pigments, movements of matter, color choices, moods of the day, emotions, and feelings.
L’art n’est pas un objet comme les autres. Il ne sert pas à quelque chose de précis, ne répond pas à un besoin immédiat. Il existe pour être regardé, ressenti, vécu. Alors, peut-on vraiment offrir une œuvre d’art ?
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