| Sélection gallery, by simultaneously presenting the works of Manguin and Girieud, seems to have sought a contrast, because if for different titles, the two painters presented are authentic artists, their invoice is in constant opposition. (....)
Pierre Girieud, opposite to Manguin's invoice, has painted, and has done so for a very long time, reports Roland Dorgeles, as Virgile and Mistral sang. Girieud's authority is somewhat disconcerting to the profane eye. His compositions are certainly those of an artist in possession of all his means, but deliberately removed from the decor. He imprints on his works like a rusticity of forms and colors. The whole is cold, even when the Mediterranean light bathes the landscape which inspired it, Girieud transposes with too much knowledge perhaps the color and the forms. So we find ourselves in front of a canvas that is troubling because it expresses a reality that a filter could allow to appear, but through which everyone cannot necessarily see. Girieud will leave a name for posterity, all contemporary art critics who have the right to quote have agreed to recognize this artist's painting as unusual. It would therefore be inappropriate to ignore their judgment. (....) |