The Voice of the Reliquary
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Atelier Legoueix.
bolduc signed by the artist, no.1/3.
1975.
Student of Wogensky at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués, Sautour-Gaillard saw his first Cartoon woven in 1971 by the Atelier Legoueix (a collaboration that has not been called into question since), and he then multiplied monumental projects, the most spectacular of which is « Pour un certain idéal », a series of 17 tapestries on the theme of Olympism (held at the Musée de l’Olympisme in Lausanne). First close to lyrical abstraction, the artist created, in the 1990s, Cartoons based on assemblages of decorative motifs, textures and figures, apparently superimposed and unified in the weaving.
« La voix du reliquaire » bears witness to the artist’s early proximity to lyrical abstraction by a Soulages or a Schneider. We find, transposed into wool, the effects of gestures—even of drips—characteristic of the artists of the « envolée lyrique », within an extremely limited color range.
Bibliographie :
D. Cavelier, Jean-René Sautour-Gaillard, la déchirure, Lelivredart, 2013, reproduite p.163
