Pavel RTUE

His interest in the objects around him has its origins, among other things, in his childhood. Random finds, whose function or meaning were not always understandable to a child, were then attributed stories and almost magical properties. Having lived most of his life by the sea, he regularly found strange objects thrown onto the shore by the waves: fragments of automobile mechanisms, bulbs with unusual shapes, or pieces of granite tiles. In his hands, these debris acquired a new life.

This constant search is natural for him. Each work can be considered the metaphorical image of a child’s pocket filled with artifacts. The found objects and the various elements he collects continue to acquire a particular meaning in his practice. Some naturally find their place in the work, while others are abandoned at the very earliest stages of the creative process.

Painting remains the central medium of his artistic practice. His works are characterized by vivid colors and bold associations between abstraction and figuration. One of the particularities of his work lies in the creation of deliberately ambiguous images, difficult to interpret, composed of a multitude of elements. This way of composing is in some respects similar to collage, a practice with which he maintains a strong affinity.

By deliberately departing from the conventions established through academic drawing, Pavel creates compositions that are deliberately «incorrect». He thus seeks to erase as much of his own ego from the creative process as possible, in order to allow the work to develop in a spontaneous and autonomous manner.

His artistic research finally focuses on the combination of different elements with visual narration, and on how their meeting can give rise to new pictorial realities.