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3. Paul De Pignol
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Notes of biography

The sculptor Paul de Pignol is born in Toulouse in 1965. He studies at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris in the studio of Pierre Carron (1984-1991). Originally a painter and draughtsman, the young man moves gradually to sculpture. «Painting is an activity too intellectual for me» he says. Paul de Pignol devotes himself to sculpture because he needs speed and instinct. Among the painters, Balthus is particularly dear to him because, he says: «He taught me to watch the nature and appreciate the primitive Italian painting. ». In the world of painting, Paul de Pignol cites not only Pierre Bonnard, Courbet, Corot and Derain, but also Jean-Pierre Pincemin . . .
The sculpture, then! «The volume, you're not obliged to fetch it, as in painting. You have in the hands right away. . » says Paul de Pignol. His love are drawn naturally to the great masters of the art of three dimensions: Rodin, Giacometti, Germaine Richier, Louise Bourgeois, Isabelle Walberg or Raoul Ubac with his sumptuous slate. So many more! The artist is also extremely sensitive to the sculptures called primitive and archaic, especially the «objects» of worship and devotion of Africa, Asia, India and North America (including Inuit).
Since 2000, the carved work of Paul de Pignol is regularly shown in solo exhibitions (Paris, Nemours, Longwy, Brussels, etc.) or collective exhibitions (Frissiras Museum in Athens in 2001, Koralewski Gallery in Paris the following year and then in 2009, XIIIth Biennial sculpture in 2002 in Poznan - Poland, Salon of Montrouge in 2004, 2006 and 2008, Artcurial Gallery in Paris in 2007, etc.). Note the artist participates last year among 73 invited sculptors to the Second Biennial bronze sculpture of Yerres with «Rhizome III», a sculpture created in 2008.
Of all the traditional matter of statuary, it is not stone, neither wood nor plaster Paul Pignol chooses, but wax which is the matter he is fond of. Thick, malleable and epidermal, it inspires to him a renewed approach to reality. Drips by drips, taking their bearings on thin steel rods, the artist creates stretched female bodies whose vertical silhouettes swell gradually with mater. «Paul de Pignol, the man of depths, of bodies returned from inside out, despite his penchant for baroque effervescence, loves beautiful proportions, remains Greek» writes Ileana Cornea.
Living daily with Paul de Pignol’s sculpture is to live truly with a timeless presence. This young artist, with unusual personality, emerges as a sculptor of great talent. He lives and works in Paris.

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