![]() ![]() This permits him to capture the fluidity of the flow of the paintbrush in his sculptures. Resin offers him great flexibility and freedom in his movements, allowing him to have a certain control over the material. They have consistently defined his style. By choosing the paintbrush as the iconic object of his work, he plays with his favourite instrument of creation and uses it to emanate light through colour.ĭesmit communicates through vivid colours and seductive curves. ‘Curvism’, as Desmit defines it, gravitates around the notions of movement, arabesque, and voluptuousness. It all started of course with the curve and ‘Curvism’, a movement of Desmit’s own creation. Just as the apprentice loses control over the enchanted broomsticks, the artist loses some control of the flow of the paintbrush. Fantasia is a body of work that draws inspiration from an American animated segment set to pieces of classical music, based on the 1797 poem Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Goethe. Opening the doors to his private space, Desmit gave a glimpse into his personal and aesthetic world: his home, his studio and his workspace, where creativity comes to life.Īt the core of the collection is the paintbrush, the primary tool of artistic creation, rich in history, which the artist has reimagined as the subject of his art. Antoine Delcourt, Ambassador of Belgium in the UAE, graced the preview held on October 24 at Desmit’s studio, as Guest of Honour. Influenced by masters like Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Philippe Starck, the artist’s work is a revolutionary experience. Drawing inspiration from Disney’s iconic 1940 animated movie of the same name, Desmit’s sculptural style offers complementarity between contrasts such as freedom and control, simplicity and complexity, tradition and innovation, motion and stillness, tradition and innovation and reality and fantasy. Titled Fantasia and curated by Astrid Lesuisse, it features over twenty-two pieces of art, available for private viewing at the artist’s studio till November 29. ![]() Reality and Fantasy merge in the latest collection of Quentin Desmit, the multi-faceted Belgian artist based in the UAE. Quentin Desmit’s artwork Wildwood Embrace.
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