The long-awaited annual exhibition of Jean Arcelin's works will open on April 16th.

Jean Arcelin is a landscape painter whose pleasure is creating spaces that don't exist. His painting is imaginative, not patterned. He particularly enjoys abandoned spaces with a certain patina of time. In his paintings, the light often comes from an open window reflecting a city in the heat of summer, and Jean "pierces" the canvas with variations in material.

I'll quote Jean Arcelin's words about his painting to explain why, in fact, his paintings are so difficult to photograph: a master of light and chiaroscuro, nothing is uniform, the contrasts are strong, and the camera doesn't capture all these points of light arriving from all directions... the result is inevitably disappointing and too dark! But when you stand in front of a painting by Jean Arcelin, you are captivated and moved by such beauty and virtuosity. You really have to see them in real life.