These two coral works by Guillaume Bottazzi seem to come straight from the seabed and make us travel in an unreal universe. These evanescent paintings were made with enamels on glass.
For this year 2021, the famous artist Guillaume Bottazzi invites us to a gargantuan artistic journey with 28 works of art to discover in France as part of the European Heritage Days. The works presented criss-cross the country from north to south of France, from Lille, via Paris, Lyon, Marseille and up to Mandelieu... Eight of them are to be discovered in the South, including two in Mandelieu-la-Napoule.
Guillaume Bottazzi has signed more than 100 environmental and poetic works in public spaces, notably in Europe, China, the United States and Japan. These two works, which are 2.80 and 2 metres long, are presented in Mandelieu-la-Napoule.
They were made with enamels. This natural material is made from powdered minerals such as silica, feldspar, kaolin, metal oxides, titanium, copper carbonate, cobalt, iron oxide, manganese, tin…
These poetic works lead us to travel in an unreal universe. They create a poetic, enchanting space that evolves according to our imagination.
Guillaume Bottazzi is a French visual artist with a psychological and poetic approach. It has been operating for 30 years in Europe, Asia and the United States.
It receives private and public commissions from museums, such as the Miyanomori Museum of Art, who commanded him the largest painting in Japan that dresses the museum, the Century Art Museum or the Mori Museum; cities, such as Brussels Capital or the city of Tokyo, with a work of 100m²; ministries, such as the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Health.
Since 2004, Guillaume Bottazzi has been represented by the Itsutsuji gallery. This major gallery in Japan allowed him to win with several artistic commissions. She discovered artists such as Simon Hantaï, Pierre Soulages, Yayoi Kusama, Ay-o, Guillaume Bottazzi, but also introduced movements such as the Supports/Surfaces group, including Claude Viallat.
Guillaume Bottazzi’s official website: https://guillaume.bottazzi.org