On the occasion of the exhibition 'Jouer avec le feu' (2024–2026), Johan Creten donated ten emblematic drawings retracing his entire career to the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Orléans.
Views of the exhibition “Jouer avec le feu”, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, 2024
© Creten Studio & Gerrit Schreurs
“To delve into Johan Creten’s drawings is to apprehend the complexity of the artist’s thought and to grasp the interconnections between the subjects, the impulses and the materials that give his work a rare depth.”
“When I am good I am very good, but when I am bad I am better”, 1996, black and colored pencil, acrylic, and watercolor, 56.5 × 76 cm. Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Orléans.
Le Baiser, 1996, colored pencil, acrylic and gouache on paper, 56.5 × 76 cm. Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Orléans.
The eponymous exhibition catalogue features a collection of 75 drawings by Johan Creten, including the ten drawings donated to the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Orléans.
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