Peindre la lumière : le défi du peintre

Essential for sight, light not only permits the apprehension of materials and forms, but is at the origin of colours and space. Absence of light leads to darkness and lack of visibility. Painters have used this duality between light and shade as a medium in order to create within the two-dimensional space of the painting the representation of the world in three dimensions. Moreover, the relationship between light and spirituality has always nourished pictural art. Whilst painting light, artists have attempted to take up the challenge of representing what is immaterial, invisible and cannot be represented.