Thierry Fazian's dramatic paintings affect the viewer on multiple levels: they are striking not only in their metaphorical power but also due to their delicate and sensitive brushwork. Like intriguing puzzles, the worlds Thierry creates for us are both alien and familiar. He presents human figures as transformed into crystal, glass or water or as hybrids with objects such as flesh-colored trees. These paintings offer an existential interrogation of the human body and the symbolic language we can use to articulate aesthetic possibilities and philosophical conjecture.
Existentialism and vivid symbolism are combined in these paintings to articulate Thierry's philosophical concerns, a seriousness counterbalanced by the visual lightness of these landscapes, and the obvious love of theatrical, almost ritualistic, gestures with which his meaning is displayed. Thierry achieves that rare balance of presenting fantastical images without losing their philosophical and aesthetic gravity. These vibrant paintings appeal on both an intellectual and sensory level. Thierry Fazian speaks to our subconscious with a highly original visual language.
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