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Illustrations by Kenne Grégoire

Text by Magdaleen van Herk

Bekking & Blitz Uitgevers, Amersfoort 2016, 112 pages,  Dutch, 22,5 x 22,7, ISBN  978-9061095057

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Kenne Grégoire  è un pittore olandese con diverse aree tematiche, in cui esplora diversi approcci (il più importante è la natura morta). Lavora dipingendo la bellezza, ma anche tristezza, decadimento e deterioramento.

Grégoire proviene da una famiglia di artisti, è figlio dello scultore Paul Grégoire e fratello minore di Pépé Grégoire. Ha studiato all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Amsterdam (1967-1973), dove gli è stato insegnato, tra gli altri, Otto de Kat. Grégoire dipinge figurativo, tra le altre nature morte, ritratti, nudi, interni e figure della Commedia dell'arte. Nel 1973 ha vinto il Silver Prix de Rome. Nella primavera del 2009, il Museo "De buitenplaats" di Eelde, nei Paesi Bassi, ha tenuto una retrospettiva del suo lavoro.

Jean Josquin ‘Kenne’ Grégoire (b. 1951) creates depth in this still life using the old trompe-l’oeil tradition. Our ‘eye is deceived’ by a painted door with a round opening. Cropping and overlapping, reinforce the sense of three-dimensionality. Grégoire allows some objects, such as the tea towel and flowers, to protrude from the hole as if you can almost grasp them. Other objects, like the mask and the wooden boxes, partially disappear behind the edge of the opening. The painted shadows also contribute to the sense of depth and verisimilitude. Grégoire often uses a 17th-century painting technique, namely, colour glazes applied in several layers over a grisaille underdrawing. However, he generally does this with contemporary acrylic paint. His subjects and themes are diverse, ranging from figures referencing the commedia dell’arte to situations in which humans are emphatically absent: beds that have been slept in, uncleared tables, and ruins, as well as desolate classical buildings, trompe-l’oeils and still lifes in unusual perspective. An elementary feature of Grégoire’s work is a slight sense of alienation – he wants to amaze and entertain, to create illusions, not destroy them. Grégoire comes from a family of artists: his father sculptor Paul Grégoire (1915-1988), his older sister Hélène a painter, and his brother Pépé a sculptor (b. 1946 and 1950, respectively). Kenne studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam (1967-1973).

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