Pat Greene is Bungalower Media’s first sponsored Resident Reporter. Greene has joined our team as our Arts and Culture Correspondent, supported by the efforts of Interstruct Design + Build, an award-winning Orlando-based design and build firm.
French-American artist Edouard Prulhière’s (Website) solo exhibition The Inverted Sound of Painting opened at the Orlando Museum of Art on Saturday, January 25th.
The work is mainly made up of the collection of Dr. James Cottrell and Joseph Lovett. I recently met up with Prulhière at the museum for a private tour of the paintings he will display, along with his sculptures and installation.
His sculptures look like he decided to make his paintings into a 3D representation. Placed together, they feel like an installation.
While talking to Edouard, I spotted several screens used for screenprinting. They had images of faces that looked like masks of unknown mythological creatures. Using blue painter’s tape, he had an intentionally crooked frame taped out.
A few minutes later, a couple of art preparators came in.
Edouard said he needed to get to work.
One of the preparators spread black ink onto the screen. Edouard picked up the screen and pressed it against the wall, moving it around after capturing the image of the face. He smeared it some. He had a plan with lots of freedom. The two preparators helped add pressure to the screen.
I don’t know that this was supposed to be a performance, but it was. It was much better than watching some of the live painters I have seen. It felt more like free jazz than most performances that feel a little hippie-dippy. The more he printed and smeared, the better it seemed to get.
After watching for a few minutes, curator Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon took me to the other room and showed me Prulhière’s sculptures.
As I suggested, they looked like his paintings had come to life. It also became evident that, ideally, they should be placed together because together, it feels like an installation.
His paintings and sculptures are colorful, with a slightly banged-up feel.
Looking at the walls with printed smeared black masks gives the colorful work a feel that there are stories we will probably never know.
The walls felt like the Rorschach test inspired them.
All of this juxtaposed takes on a loose, imagined narrative. It’s poetry. Watching him print directly onto the walls, I could feel the release. It looked playful and therapeutic. The whole show feels that way. It’s beautiful work with dark edges.
My favorite parts are the sculptures. That being said, the work would not be complete without all of it in one room.
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