A weekly series to share my art discovery with first, the work that caught my eye...
Fabien Merelle, Chute ou envol, ink and watercolor on paper, 2010
WHO
Fabien Merelle, French artist born in 1981, attended Jean-Michel Albérola's workshop. Passionate about drawing, he discovered and perfected his use of Indian ink during an exchange with the School of Fine Arts in Xi'an (China). He was also a resident of the prestigious Casa Velásquez (Madrid).
Mélancolie II, 2011, ink and watercolor on paper.
Papillon dans la Tête, 2011, ink and watercolor on paper.
WHAT
In 2013, with his first solo exhibition Pentateuque during Art Basel Hong Kong, Fabien Merelle showed a public installation in Statue Square Gardens, a silicone sculpture that brings to real life scale one of his drawing.
A lot of poetry in his work...
From the Exposition Pentateuque, 2013
On the occasion of another exhibition Elles et Moi at the Edouard Malingue Gallery at Hong Hong, a book has been published which offers a good overview of the evolution of the work of Fabien Mérelle since 2008 until today. You can download there the PDF (it's free from the Edouard Malingue Gallery), very interesting with a selection of his works on papers.
Sources
Interview by artsthree.com
Expo Pentateuque at Edouard Malingue Gallery, 2013
Others drawings on Entre Chien et Loup, French
Old Post Eye of Art
Eye of Art #1 Javier Gavilanes
< Poulper I, 2010