Cédric Nowak
I am a graphic designer, letter painter and teacher of applied arts. I place myself in the current of abstraction.
As a medium, I use plaster molding, covered with black satin paint. I had the idea to mold the structure of the green cabbage leaves. Thanks to them and the variations of light on the monochrome, dark and tortured coating, I can create endless texture games. It is a surface that seems raw but yet very elaborate. The result is a surface that evokes a landscape of lava, of things that mingle and that incites touch. I intend to produce a long series, but I also plan to experiment with other elements to be molded.
I called this series of works "Crucifer", inspired by the old name of cabbage and at the same time provocative in the ear. These works evoke a certain disorder, it is the irreversible chaos of our time, of which I find it difficult to adhere. I see in it the end of a world, an apocalypse, the realism of what awaits it with its darkness and its pessimism. Sometimes a few touches of sterile optimism appear thanks to the laying of gold leaf. In general I do not use colors other than black, it is sufficient with these surfaces. I flee the multicolored effects, the symbols embodied by certain forms of support sometimes falling into an ease well suited for this media-society.
This gloomy vision is also a personal assessment which, despite appearances, is still turned towards optimism. The end of a cycle to invent another.
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I am a graphic designer, letter painter and teacher of applied arts. I place myself in the current of abstraction.
As a medium, I use plaster molding, covered with black satin paint. I had the idea to mold the structure of the green cabbage leaves. Thanks to them and the variations of light on the monochrome, dark and tortured coating, I can create endless texture games. It is a surface that seems raw but yet very elaborate. The result is a surface that evokes a landscape of lava, of things that mingle and that incites touch. I intend to produce a long series, but I also plan to experiment with other elements to be molded.
I called this series of works "Crucifer", inspired by the old name of cabbage and at the same time provocative in the ear. These works evoke a certain disorder, it is the irreversible chaos of our time, of which I find it difficult to adhere. I see in it the end of a world, an apocalypse, the realism of what awaits it with its darkness and its pessimism. Sometimes a few touches of sterile optimism appear thanks to the laying of gold leaf. In general I do not use colors other than black, it is sufficient with these surfaces. I flee the multicolored effects, the symbols embodied by certain forms of support sometimes falling into an ease well suited for this media-society.
This gloomy vision is also a personal assessment which, despite appearances, is still turned towards optimism. The end of a cycle to invent another.
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- Date of birth : 1968
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- Groups: Contemporary French Artists

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En co-production avec La Cartonnerie de Reims, retrouvez le Chef Philippe Mille et toute son équipe à la Carto le dimanche 7 octobre 2018 , pour une journée placée sous le signe de la convivialité et du partage. Au programme : démonstrations culinaires, sculptures sur glace, performances d’artistes peintre et dessinateurs, expositions d’Arts, ateliers découvertes pour enfants et boutiques éphémères.
Dimanche 7 octobre 2018 à la Cartonnerie
Entrée au village gourmand gratuite. Démonstrations culinaires payantes (10 € pour adultes, 7€ pour les étudiants et adhérents Carto, 5€ pour les enfants de moins de 12 ans.) Ouverture : 11:00 à 18:00
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La cartonnerie, Rue du Docteur Lemoine, Reims, France
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Cette année, l’association Trophée Mille donne rendez-vous au grand public le 7 octobre à la Cartonnerie de Reims, pour une journée sous le signe de la convivialité et du partage.
Le village gourmand sera accessible de 11h à 18h, en entrée libre et gratuite. Vous y retrouverez des ateliers pour enfants, des animations et expériences à réaliser autour de la cuisine et des arts, des artistes peintres, grapheurs, sculpteurs de glace, de sucre et de légumes, une librairie gourmande, un bar et un point de restauration.
Trois démonstrations se succèdent tout au long de la journée, à 12h, 14h et 16h dans la grande salle de la Cartonnerie. Chaque recette, réalisée par un Chef et son apprenti, inspirera un artiste, qui réalisera sur scène, un dessin sur le thème choisi. À ses côtés, une chanteuse énoncera la recette à sa façon accompagnée de son groupe musical. Le plat sera ensuite dressé et mis en valeur sur une assiette de porcelaine, réalisée spécialement pour l’évènement.
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