The Black Essence of Pierre Soulages' Art | Perspective Full Episode

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Published 2022-03-03

There are two key elements that run throughout Soulages' work: light and color. Here, we're talking about the color black. it was the core of his palette. He felt that black was violent, intense, reactive, and therefore stayed loyal to it throughout his career. Light, although not tangible, was the most important tool in his painting. Here, the play of light transforms and transmutes as the thickness of the paint changes across the work's surface.

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All Comments (21)

@kambrose1549 4 months ago

I loved that comment on the random bounce of a rugby ball and how the artist is engaged in a process where he can't predict the outcome if he is actually to create. What an amazing array of highly intelligent comment from many different fields of study too!
@lifecyclehemp6137 2 years ago

Perspective is one of the best documentary series on YouTube! Keep them coming!
@patwhyte6657 1 year ago

I have seen Soulage's work in Paris in 1966. I am just now seeing this documentary at age 80. Delighted to have stumbled upon this 'Perspective'. Excellent.
@fatoomgierdien2181 2 years ago

One of the great masters... Pierre Soulage. Thank you Perpectkves.
@kathyschreiber9947 2 years ago

Was not familiar with Pierre Soulages. Thanks for turning me on to a great artist and human being. Still hanging in there at age 100+!
@timconstable7348 1 year ago

This is a true art documentary, not just fact and figures, but succeeding in getting across some of the intangible aspects of what Soulages's work, and art in general, is all about. Thank you for taking such care.
@loliloloso 2 years ago

Wonderful! I feel that I just fell in love with Soulages' art and thought. Thank you, Perspective.
@KetchupCanvas 8 days ago

This is so fascinating! I love documentaries like this 😊
@RamMohan-fh9ly 2 years ago

One of the most intellectually appealing documentaries. Very well done, thank you.
@MartinBaldock 1 month ago

A joy to watch, thankyou!
@patrickryan6317 2 years ago

Watched it for Valdamar - got lost in the middle … Obsessed by Soulages
@mokujinsan9946 1 year ago

Watching this again has kicked me up the arse to finish my own project which was halted during COVID lock down here in Berlin. ❤️
@boxtruckhouse 2 years ago

It's a mighty pure art that comes from somebody like that.
@gregrice3867 1 year ago

WONDERFUL! Thank you Perspective. I attended art school for a while. I don't recall ever being introduced to Soulage. I'm grateful. I want to visit his museum in his native hometown. I don't like to admit that the commercial interest of Google could have suggested such a perfectly satisfying video introduction to this great contributor to the field of Art - but its Google, or the ghost in my machine.
@elizabethbrauer1118 2 years ago

Soulange enjoys the process and rolls with it - that's great! I have always liked the texture of acrylic paint, using it to build up a design on a flat canvas. But I love color and consider black a tool for creating a darker color.
@selilelbi8342 6 months ago

What a artıst❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@TheJojoaruba52 2 years ago

Thanks for this! I appreciate the art education this series affords me. I would never learn all of this without such documentaries. Hearing from the other experts in their disciplines is most interesting. The ending is powerful.
@lopesgallery-art 2 years ago

thank you for sharing.
@IvanPro5 2 years ago

Well this is more than beautiful
@user-dr6rt1ji3l 2 years ago

First one I’ve seen of the series, very, very impressive! ❤️