Ara Starck French, b. 1978

Inspired by the idea of transcendence, both literally and figuratively, Ara sees her focus on large scale painting installations as a driving force in her work. Ara’s ambition is to create works of encounters. Her creations are often a complex game in which central figures move in a phantasmagorical world as an invitation to dream. Her work welcomes viewers into a diagonal world where optical distortions and metamorphosis reveal a richness of ghostly movements.

 

Ara Starck invites us to reflect on light as a symbol of knowledge and truth. By transcending the limits of the visible, the artist offers us a plunge into the depths of the human soul, where light, reveals what is often hidden.

 

Phaos is the artist's first exhibition at the gallery. An immersive, luminous exploration, Phaos features monumental works and more intimate formats, as well as a series of stained-glass windows. The exhibition presents the complex interplay of shapes and colors characteristic of the artis's universe. The title of the exhibition derives from ancient Greek and means "light". This light, far from being limited to simple visual clarity, embodies a spiritual and philosophical quest for revelation and knowledge. Ara Starck uses this concept to explore the contrasts between light and shadow, the visible and the invisible, what is said and what is not.