Chianciano Art Museum
Critical Analysis Artist: Aurore Missud Art Critic: Timothy Warrington
ICAC
International Confederation of Art Critics
Critical Analysis Artist: Aurore Missud Art Critic: Timothy Warrington
The Museum The Museum of Art of Chianciano hosts a series of collections ranging from Neolithic and Asiatic to Contemporary art. There are approximately a thousand works on display. Visitors are able to view paintings and sculptures by artists such as Tom Nash, Salvador Dali, Sir Henry Moore, Frances Turner, Mario Schifano, Damien Hirst, Brian Willsher and Albert Louden, drawings by the likes of Magritte, Guttuso and Munch; historical works from Royal Collections and original etchings by masters such as Dürer and Rembrandt. The museum is known for organising annual international events, including the Chianciano International Art Award and the Biennale of Chianciano.
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) “Joachim and the Angel” Original woodcut, circa 1504
Sir Henry Moore (1898-1986) “Head” Bronze Sculpture
ICAC
International Confederation of Art Critics
The Critic Timothy Warrington was born in Birmingham in 1944 and is a critical writer and curator based in London. Warrington’s career has taken him all around the world in the search for art to exhibit in London. He was part of the organisation that hosted the largest and most important exposition of Bulgarian art ever curated outside Bulgaria, showing 300 artists. The exhibition was hosted in collaboration with the Bulgarian Embassy in London and was inaugurated by the Bulgarian Ambassador Mr Stancoff. The Slovenian Printmakers Exhibition was another reminder of the wonderful talent that Timothy brought to London, artists that are recognised and respected all around the world. “Italian Views” at the Lord Leighton Museum, curated by Timothy, was also a great success and a spotlight into contemporary Italian Art from institutions such as the Academy of Fine Art in Florence, Academy of Fiorino in Florence and The Academy of Fine Art in Rome. Warrington has curated numerous books and writes opinions and exhibition critiques in the UK and the USA. Notably, he was responsible for the main publication related to Brian Willsher’s Bronzes, an artist who taught at the Tate and was praised by Sir Henry Moore as an artistic genius. Timothy’s critical writing is very sophisticated - he has the power to translate the artist’s thoughts to the viewer with extreme clarity and competence. He was a member of the jury of Chianciano International Art Award alongside people like Gerard Bruneau who started his career wih Andy Warhol.
“Un Air Dansant - A Dancing Air” acrylic and polish on canvas by Aurore Missud
The Artist
Aurore Missud has realized her passion for art by becoming a full time artist in 2015. She studied biology and biotechnology but her innate creativity and love for art history led the artist to follow art lessons and classes even at distance. Aurore doesn’t have favorite themes or subjects: the direct expression of emotions is her only priority. Aurore has exhibited in Bordeaux, France and in September 2015 she received the International Marco Polo Award in Venice and a prize from the association “Italia in Arte�. She also exhibited at the Biennale of Chianciano and in a gallery in Montreal. The artist lives and works in Cadillac, Gironde.
“La Vie Nocturne - Nightlife” acrylic and polish on canvas by Aurore Missud
The Critique
If we carefully observe Aurore Missud’s works we can see two different currents. Two different ways of painting; two ways of seeing the world, in a parallelism without convergence. In Aurore we can find Fontana’s Spatialism. She goes very close to the cut of the canvas. She doesn’t create it, but she manages to give the impression of it, and lead our subconscious to travel on the wonderful motorways that are her works, just to invite us to enter inside them, in an indirect and subtle way. While Fontana’s cuts lead the viewer directly into space and lets him discover the sense of the universe by himself, Aurore’s rapid and secure lines transport us into different worlds, some bound to the future, others to nature. We can see skies, or maybe they aren’t skies; they are thoughts. Indistinct forms that emerge from our minds and only some, or few people have the luck to be able to read them and understand. Strong colours, tempestuous seas, flows of lava or, at a closer look, semihidden faces that observe us and scrutinize us. Aurore is an important artist that sends a message; a universal message where everything depends upon the ability to analyse, on the will to comprehend, and if well used, helps us understand ourselves. Her works are strength, power, contrast, mystery, music. In her abstract expressionism, because her works are not only abstraction, but also, as already mentioned, a world of unknown faces that look at us; a world of ghosts imprisoned in her fantastic colours. A world in which we want to immerse ourselves, in order to find ourselves.
Timothy Warrington International Confederation of Art Critics
“Reflets Opposés - Opposite Reflections” Acrylic and polish on canvas by Aurore Missud
“La Vie Dans Un Monde De Verdure - Life In A Green World” Acrylic and polish on canvas by Aurore Missud
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