They make you think of fingers pointing to infinity or wings waiting to take flight. Jean-Louis Charpentier’s sculptures all point to distant horizons. “Volume doesn’t need to be expressed in any other way than by a surface,” says the artist, who also admits to having had a few problems with colour. Which probably explains his choice of red. “A violent hue, but one which is easily recognizable to the naked eye, even if it is hard to catch in the camera lens.” Other choices include matte surfaces and works to hang on the wall. Though Charpentier also places his sculptures on supports with magnets or stands them on the floor, as in the Parc Phoenix in Nice. One thing’s for sure : either small or monumental, each work is a way of escaping to unexplored places. Jean-Louis Charpentier, 18 rue d’Angleterre, Nice (06 62 26 86 85).
