Jean-Luc MARQUET (DIT YANNLUGG)

Criticism

Originally from Vitré in Brittany, Jean-Luc Marquet (alias "YANNLUGG") does not identify himself with any school, and yet he perfectly assimilated the lessons of the great artistic movements (from German Expressionism to COBRA) in his quest for his own expressionistic style. For almost twenty years, his figurative pictorial universe has transported us into a world that allows large scope for the imagination, and in which he tirelessly and boldly explores the art of transforming faces (his favourite theme) at the heart of creations showcasing evocative archetypal images of the subconscious. Jean-Luc Marquet’s paintings are striking in terms of both their composition and the very real drawings unpinning them, drawings which structure the piece and deconstruct shapes only to better reinvent them again. The artist’s palette of bold colours and his textural effects astonishingly reinforce the subject’s power and dynamism. Jean-Luc Marquet enjoys exploring media freely, and makes brilliant use of mixed techniques combining painting and collage. He improvises his figurative paintings from paper or fabric collages, their random abstract shapes inspiring the final pictorial work, which consequently gains in spontaneity and better conveys the artist’s sensitivity. This deliberate transformation of the underlying materials, which are reappropriated in order to convey symbols and messages in the painted work, is not wanton provocation. The resultant painting becomes a “magical object”, compelling the observer to change the way in which they see the world. Jean-Luc Marquet is an artist in constant search of new means of expression, and as such has plenty more surprises in store...

Francine BUNEL-MALRAS, Historian of Art

Exhibitions

Du 01/12/2018 au 02/12/2018 : CESSON-SEVIGNE : EXPOSITION YANNLUGG ET JOENNE AU MANOIR DE BOURGCHEVREUIL

Du 09/09/2018 au 09/09/2018 : CESSON-SEVIGNE : JEAN-LUC MARQUET ET JOENNE PARTICIPENT A LA FOIRE AUX ARTS 2018 AU PARC DE LOISIRS

Du 01/06/2018 au 27/06/2018 : CAEN : EXPOSITION JEAN-LUC MARQUET ET JOENNE A LA GALERIE ART-CULTURE-FRANCE

Du 19/05/2018 au 21/05/2018 : PLENEUF-VAL-ANDRE : JEAN-LUC MARQUET PARTICIPE A L'EXPOSITION "ART EN LIBERTE 2018" SUR LA DIGUE

Du 01/03/2018 au 30/04/2018 : ARGENTRE-DU-PLESSIS : EXPOSITION YANNLUGG AU CENTRE CULTUREL LE PLESSIS SEVIGNE

Du 02/12/2017 au 03/12/2017 : CESSON-SEVIGNE : EXPOSITION YANNLUGG AU MANOIR DE BOURGCHEVREUIL

Du 03/06/2017 au 05/06/2017 : PLENEUF-VAL-ANDRE : EXPOSITION "L'ART EN LIBERTE" SUR LA DIGUE DU VAL-ANDRE

Du 04/11/2016 au 13/11/2016 : ERNEE : JEAN-LUC MARQUET PARTICIPE AU SALON D'ART A L'ESPACE CLAIR DE LUNE

Du 13/03/2016 au 13/03/2016 : SERVON-SUR-VILAINE : YANNLUGG PARTICIPE A L'EXPOSITION "FETE DES ARTS" A LA SALLE GEORGES BRASSENS

Du 07/11/2015 au 15/11/2015 : ERNEE : 56è EXPOSITION REGIONALE D'ART AVEC JEAN-LUC MARQUET A L'ESPACE CLAIR DE LUNE

Du 13/06/2015 au 14/06/2015 : VITRE : EXPOSITION YANNLUGG A LA SALLE DU TEMPLE

Du 23/05/2015 au 25/05/2015 : PLENEUF-VAL-ANDRE : JEAN-LUC MARQUET PARTICIPE A L'EXPOSITION "ART EN LIBERTE"

Du 12/04/2014 au 21/04/2014 : SERVAVILLE-SALMONVILLE : 16eme BIENNALE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN A LA SALLE POLYVALENTE

Du 09/11/2013 au 17/11/2013 : ERNEE : 54è SALON D'ART AVEC LA PARTICIPATION DE JEAN-LUC MARQUET (YANNLUGG)