We are pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the French painter Cécile Guettier at Wentrup Venezia.
Exploring Cécile Guettier's work, our gaze is simultaneously carried away by vibrant colors, a teeming multitude of lines, and various materials, captivated by precise composition and sensitive outlines. The artist's intent encounters on canvas and paper, at the crossroads of details, a peculiar incident, accidents inherent to the language of painting, which align with her representations and reinforce them; it's as if the image preexisted like a magnet within the blank canvas, and any blot falling onto the surface was destined to fill it. The figures present in her work belong neither to dreams nor nightmares; chimera-like, their enticing colors keep us from being frightened by them, and their unsettling actions make us want to encounter them. Perhaps this ambivalence makes the contemplation of these works so generous; a silent excitement settles in, our imagination travels from clue to clue. Through their plastic and narrative singularity, Cécile Guettier's images take their place in our memory alongside those that provided us with answers while simultaneously inventing the questions.