In the run-up to Christmas, we spoke to five inspiring personalities about themselves, their backgrounds and their selection of Studio Artera favorites they'd love to have under the tree.
"On my Christmas list this year, I've chosen..."
I work as a lawyer in Paris.
My practice is mainly dedicated to my passion, art.
I work with all types of clients in the art sector (artists, artists' estates, collectors, galleries, artists' agents, auctioneers, etc.), on a wide variety of issues (contractual relations between art market players, copyright authorization and assignment, actions for infringement of original works, liability of art market players, inheritance distribution of copyrights, etc.).
I also work on trademark law cases.
In addition to my work as a lawyer, I am in charge of communications and public relations for the Institut Art & Droit. The Institut Art & Droit is a think-tank for studies and proposals on the art market and its players.
I've always been particularly sensitive to art, in the broadest sense of the term.
I played the harp as a child and teenager, and quickly immersed myself in literature.
My interest in the visual arts developed through the prism of philosophy during my studies. In particular, Merleau-Ponty's analysis of Cézanne's work was decisive. It then became a real passion.
From then on, it seemed only natural to combine my interest in legal technique with my passion for art. Not to do so seemed, on the contrary, inconceivable.
When the issues I'm confronted with are related to the artistic, creative and cultural milieu, my practice takes on a whole new, emotional dimension.
It's hard for me to answer this question; I could name so many!
I'd say Sophie Calle, Helen Frankenthaler, Simon Hantaï, Herbert List, René Magritte, Richard Serra and Pierre Soulages.
More recent discoveries include Alexandre Benjamin Navet, Julian Charrière and Christine Safa.
Emotion, mystery and peregrination.
Here's my selection!
- Tide
I appreciated its mysterious, bewitching and vertiginous character, the vaporous immensity into which it plunges us and the invitation to question.
Here, I was seduced by the delicate meticulousness of his pattern, hypnotic and meditative. Like a synesthetic exploration.
- Camouflaged femininity
What I liked about this watercolor: its finesse, its luminous, vibrant and comforting colors, and its velvety, voluptuous texture.
To bring together the artists who inspire me most (there are many more than those I've limited myself to mentioning!) and exchange ideas with them. In particular, I'd like Gabriële Buffet-Picabia, Frédéric Chopin and Louis Aragon to be there too.
