10 June 2024/

ODE TO THE LIVING – EXHIBITION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER EMINENT ARTISTS LARISSA NOURY AND YOUNG SUK KUM AT RUE MESLAY IN PARIS

“COLORS ARE NATURE’S SMILES”- LEIGH HUNT

“THE EXHIBITION ‘ODE TO THE LIVING’ IN PARIS, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG SUK KUM AND LARISSA NOURY, IS AKIN TO A SONG, A POEM, A PICTORIAL PHRASING, A VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE BEAUTY OF NATURE AND THE POWER FROM WHICH IT COMES”

“The exhibition ‘Ode to the Living’ in Paris, which brings together Young Suk KUM and Larissa Noury, is akin to a song, a poem, a pictorial phrasing, a visual language that highlights the beauty of nature and the power from which it comes. Ode as a celebration of the living, which emanates from the artists, themselves full of vivacity to give birth to the image. The materiality of painting serves enchanted spaces, dreamlike as well as concrete and tangible. The universal and symbolic dimensions face each other on the same support, addressing everyone, highlighting subjects that escape our reality. Sometimes, the imposing size of Larissa Noury’s paintings allows us to be immersed in the dizzying landscape, often circular, virtuous, confusing and meditative. The branches on light backgrounds treated by Young Suk KUM refresh by offering sobriety and calming. The contrasts oscillate between disrupted intensity and the rest of the earth. Both seek to celebrate life, creation from the infinitely large to the infinitely small, including a painting of the flora and landscape that we think we recognize,” said Curator of the exhibition Eva Khatchadourian.

“Our objective is to offer a meeting place that brings together individuals of all ages from all socio-professional and cultural backgrounds in order to give everyone access to culture. We aim to offer young talents a cultural framework allowing them to make their art known, to contribute to the dissemination of art and culture in all its forms. Our association thus carries out a mission of general interest by participating in local social cohesion and is guided by an ethic which is based on respect for others, solidarity, fraternity and living together,” said Xavier Lespinas, Director of Communication of Agape France.

“The opening of our exhibition ‘Ode to the Living’ was a great evening with the participation of many dignitaries of culture and art at 50 rue Meslay in picturesque and historic district of Paris. From 1700, a city of artists was established along rue Meslay, on the site of the old ramparts. Among these artists, who had their workshop on rue Meslay are Robert Le Lorrain, the two Jacob brothers, sons of Georges Jacob (cabinetmaker who greatly served the royal couple Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette), famous cabinetmakers of the early 19th century who served Napoleon 1st 5, Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain and his collaborator Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. The writer George Sand, whose real name is Aurore Dupin, was born at no. 46 rue Meslay,” says Larissa Noury, renowned artist of Belarusian origin and Architect-colourist who works as Professor of Colour ITECOM Art & Design, Paris.

Larissa Noury is a Visual Artist, Colorist and PhD in Art, Design and Architecture. Larissa Noury, the eminent artist of Belarusian origin is a magician in the Color movement, creates according to her inspiration works suggesting escape to the ‘Land of Enchantment’. The luminous aura of her fine and elegant silhouette exudes the energy of a strong personality. A multi-talented visionary hedonist and tireless traveller, her historian’s eye helps us discover the wonders of civilizations around the world.

Young Suk KUM is a Korean painter and calligraphy teacher. Her favourite medium is ink and makes unusual and exciting use of it to deal with time and the notion of infinity. It is through calligraphy that the artist realizes the importance of drawing that inspires her from nature. After completing her doctorate in Visual Arts at the University of Paris 8, she settled in Paris and developed her artistic activity.

MANY JAZZ CONCERTS, PRIVATE RECEPTIONS AND TWO EXCEPTIONAL ART EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE EXHIBITION

SATURDAY, 15 JUNE 2024 @ 6.30 PM – A CONFERENCE ON ‘ART, COLOR AND HAUTE COUTURE’ BY LARISSA NOURY IN THE PRESENCE OF JEAN-MARIE PUJOL, FORMER COUTURIER AT DIOR AND YVES SAINT-LAURENT

THURSDAY, 20 JUNE 2024 @ 7 .00 PM – ‘CALLIGRAPHY DISCOVERY EVENING’ BY THE ARTISTS

“I admire this citation of James Henry Leigh Hunt, English critic and poet – “Colors are Nature’s smiles”. Every day, nature offers us a dazzling spectacle of colors, reminding us of its infinite beauty. Let us be inspired by the palette of colors that surround us and celebrate the magic of life in color,” said renowned artist Larissa Noury.