LA VIE EST BEBEL

Didier Lannoy Port des barques, France - Artist (Sculpture, Painting) - Born in 1970 - Painter Sculptor born in 1970 in Valenciennes It was in 1995 that he decided to hold his first exhibition entitled “reliefs et divergences”. In 1997, during an exhibition at the Espace Malraux in Chambéry, he met the painter Rémy Martinetto, who allowed him to present his work a year later in the medieval village of Conflans in Savoie. Inspired by this medieval aspect, he tries to give another look to the reflections of life which surround us, the discovery of the world... In 2001, he became President of the “Artistes Portbarquais” in Charente Maritime, where he organized an exhibition of 150 paintings and 30 sculptures, making it a must-see event during the summer months in Port des Barques (dept 17). In 2002, at the Salon des Arts de la Rochelle, he won 1st prize from the Conseil Régional du Poitou Charente with an oil painting entitled “l'ïle aux oiseaux”. In 2003, he won 1st prize for sculpture at the UAICF (Peintre et Sculpteur Cheminots) exhibition with a work entitled “Vénusienne”. Since 2004, he has taken part in numerous events, winning several prizes, and always organizes an exhibition at Port des barques during the summer, which attracts a growing number of visitors every year... In January 2007, he joined Drouot cotation des Artistes!!!and cargo bleu, of which he was president until 2017. A rebellion against abstract expressionism Didier LANNOY's Pop Art draws its inspiration from images of everyday urban life, formatted by the mass media, and is a reaction against the avant-garde New York School. The latter, assimilated to the Abstract Expressionist movement, included Jackson Pollock and his dripping technique, in which paint is dripped from the end of a stick onto the canvas. But also Mark Rothko, who painted broad bands of color inviting contemplation or meditation.