Portrait of an artist
“Art is what makes life more interesting than art. » Robert Filliou
Art is not an end in itself. It is an engine of life, a catalyst of emotions and a wonderful means of expression. Alain Rouschmeyer's message is clear. These paintings are slices of life, gourmet approaches to everyday life that he manages to “crunch” with relish. Genre scenes, life scenes, landscapes, nudes, the artist does not close any doors. Technical mastery, rendering of materials, precision of line and the search for an aesthetic of bodies, shapes and colors is at the heart of his artistic approach. Rigor and sharp perception are abilities developed in particular by his initial training as an architect.
The artist's talent is also expressed by his ability to tell us a story and take us with him into his intimacy. The choice of the figurative is not trivial, it offers us reassuring benchmarks, paths of identification so rarely taken by current contemporary creation and its cult of abstraction. The artist lays the foundations, he builds a decor, an atmosphere and lets us imagine what happens next. Objects take on a new dimension under his features. They become contemporary totems. An empty chair, a pair of shoes are enough to materialize the ghostly presence of a man and a woman who we could almost hear behind the canvas. Everyday music infiltrates the compositions like a sometimes nostalgic, sensual, catchy chant. A female model regularly appears in his paintings. Is this a muse? of a vestal guardian of the artist's inner fire? Alain Rouschmeyer paints with the hands of the creator, the gaze of the poet and the heart punctuated by the beauty that surrounds us. He explores and reinterprets classic subjects of art such as the representation of the bather so dear to the Impressionists or the chair, a flagship object of the avant-gardes. Nothing is left to chance in his paintings. The apparent spontaneity of the composition is the result of meticulous work of observation and aesthetic research. The artist touches us with his sensitivity and his poetic approach to the world around him. His art is an invitation to embrace the day.
Andréas ALBERTI - May 2021
