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Hervé Di Rosa

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HERVÉ DI ROSA - Artistic Exploration

Hervé di Rosa, a versatile French artist with an international background, currently resides and works in Lisbon. Throughout his career, he has delved into various artistic expressions such as painting, sculpture, tapestry, ceramics, illustration, and comic books. In his own words, his creative process draws inspiration from sources like popular art, comic books, Pop art, Outsider art, science fiction, rock music, and his personal collection of modest objects discovered during his travels around the world, which led him to establish the International Museum of Modest Arts in 2000.

His distinctive style, characterized by its narrative quality, has been referred to as "Free Figuration" since 1981, a movement founded by di Rosa and other renowned artists. This movement advocates for the abolition of cultural and geographic boundaries. His current artwork is a testament to this movement, conveying a primal and magical energy through its vibrant colors and rhythmic ascension, celebrating the original impulses of life.

Maria João Fernandes - International Association of Art Critics (AICA)

Hervé Di Rosa

Recognized French painter, born in Sète in 1959. He was a student at the National School of Decorative Arts and by the age of twenty, he was already exhibiting his work in Paris, Amsterdam, and New York. In 1981, at the age of 22, he co-founded the Free Figuration movement. He is also a co-founder of the Modest Art movement, having been challenged in 2000 by the French Minister of Culture to inaugurate the International Museum of Modest Arts in his hometown. Since 1978, he has been seeking local artistic and artisanal knowledge, undertaking numerous travels: he spent four years in Vietnam learning lacquer work, as well as several years in Cameroon learning pearl, wood, and bronze work. Tunisia, Bulgaria, Ghana, Mexico, Israel, among others, are some of the countries where he has been learning from artisans. In 2016, during his 19th "Journey to the World of Arts", he worked with the artisans at Viúva Lamego and deepened his knowledge of ceramics, particularly tiles. In this way, the artist diversifies his artistic approaches, combining new techniques with his own. He combines painting, sculpture, installation, comic book language, and elements of pop culture, graffiti, and African art. Modest Art involves the revaluation of artistic knowledge that most people are unaware of, bringing them into Contemporary Art. In 2016, he inaugurated an important retrospective exhibition in the French capital, at La Maison Rouge, and in 2023, the exhibition "Archipelago Hervé Di Rosa - Works from MIAM – International Museum of Modest Arts" at MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology, in Lisbon.
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Additional information

Artist

Hervé Di Rosa

Color

Baby Blue, Black, White

Date

2020

Editor

Centro Português de Serigrafia

Format

Medium

Image Size (in)

19.1 x 19.1 in

Total Size (in)

22 x 22 in

Orientation

Square

Paper

Fabriano Paper D5 GF 300gr

Print Run

150

Technique

Screen print

Style

Figurative, Illustration

Framed

No