Bundanon

François Réau is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in Paris.

The experience of the landscape and its processes of transformation are the constant source of inspiration and reflections that are the pillars of Réau’s work. By exploring nature, which is disappearing for a lot of us, Réau aims to create landscapes that question the ageless themes of conquest, human frailty, and large spaces. No matter the mode of expression, landscapes, as well as the human face, always appear halfway between the visible and the invisible. Réau’s research unveils the principle of appearance and disappearance of the figure and the patterns, deep inside the very material of the work, mixing drawing and installation, as well as abstraction and figuration. Furthermore, Réau’s looking to unveil the nature, celebrate parts of its making process and his symbolic role, so as to observe essentials questions about balance and chaos, permanent and ephemeral life, abandonment and future.

Réau was in residence at Bundanon in 2017 as part of the French Artist in Residence program.