Alain Winance
Viewing Alain Winance's current landscapes is like entering a meditation room.
He is the one who immerses you in the mists of dawn and dusk. Who, with his brush, hunts down clouds, sometimes opaque, sometimes more or less transparent. Who discovers light in a crack in the sky, who senses its arrival in the midst of a leaden space. He is the one who manages to capture movement, precisely at the moment when it seems to hang still in the time of infinity.
The black and grey tones, supported by other colours applied as
undercoats, create the atmosphere of a
maritime landscape saturated with moisture, yet vibrating differently
under the light. That light is intrinsic to each canvas; it is not captured from outside, but is an integral part
of the way it is painted.
Ultimately, it is painting itself that forms the subject. Everything is painterly even before the image becomes visual. This shows how
essential the material applied to the canvas is. It is that material that causes the eye to invent a landscape,
drawn from our memory, nourished by what the painter offers, fused with the memories of what the eyes have retained from travels, walks, reading.
CV
2010 Galerie “2016”, La Maison des Arcades, Hauterive, Zwitserland
2011 Galerie “2016”, Brussel
2011 Galerie “Point Barre”, Lille, Frankrijk
2012 ART on PAPER (Galerie 2016), Louizalaan, Brussel
2012 Au RV des amis, Cultureel Centrum Marius Staquet, Moeskroen
2012 Regard 59, Péruwelz — illustraties voor Nocturne van Paul André (Esperluette)
2014 Galerie des Arcades (Vzw 2016), Neuchâtel, Zwitserland
2014 Galerie 2016, Brussel
2015 Galerie St. Remy, Luik
2015 Wetenschapsmuseum, Arras, Frankrijk
2016 Rasson Art Gallery, Doornik
2018 Galerie Marie-Ange Boucher, Brussel
2018 Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Tamines
2019 Galerie 2016, Neuchâtel, Zwitserland
2021 Gallery Ysebaert, Sint-Martens-Latem, België
Werken in collecties
Bank Brussel Lambert (nu ING België)
Museum van Elsene
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Doornik
Bank voor Beroepskrediet, België
Collectie van de Nationale Bank van België
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Charleville-Mézières, Frankrijk
Frederikstad Museum, Noorwegen
Centrum voor Gravure, La Louvière
Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Frans Masereel, Kasterlee
Collectie van de Franse Gemeenschap van België
Collectie van de Provincie Henegouwen
Collectie “C.E.S.T.A.R.”, Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen, Arras, Frankrijk
