"Puppeteers In The Public Garden [Viva La Vida]" Painting

This work was inspired by a childhood memory of the artist, Patrick Gourgouillat. While visiting the city of Lyon, he walked with his mother along the Parc de la Tête d'Or. Between the gates of the zoological garden, he saw a puppet theatre at the end of a path. It is too late in the day for a show to come to life. But the memory of this 'dead' theatre remains. Another source of inspiration interferes: it is one of the Oceanides, Clytie, daughter of Ocean and Tethys. Out of spite of her love, Clytie transforms herself into a sunflower to follow the course of the Sun God. In addition to these two inspirations, the dressed mummies of the Capuchin catacombs in Palermo, Sicily (Patrick Gourgouillat often refers to these mummies in his works). In his composition, the artist breaks the square format by painting a rectangle with golden shades. On a multicoloured background, he coats the surface with gold. Using the tip of a knife, he scratches the surface to create shapes that evoke foliage: a common way of engraving messages of love on the bark of a tree... This gold, like the flaming star, contrasts with the blue of a magical night. In the distance, the moon seems to be the only observer of this surreal spectacle: the dead animate sunflowers, symbol of the sun and of love. Much later, while walking in another park in another city, p.g. reads a graffiti on a wall. A unknown person has written: 'Follow Your Sun'. All the elements are then in place to tell a story entitled: "Puppeteers In A Public Garden".

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:19.7 W x 19.7 H x 0 D in

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