Art is one more way to explore the world; it provokes different thoughts on both the pleasure and the austerity of life and it also helps distinguish what is true from what us false. Haven't we ever asked ourselves to which extent the questions of who we are or what we aspire to become is independent from our cultural values, political ideals or publicity standards? In other words, are we really what we believe to be?
For more than twenty years, Aimé L’Heureux has been making art and brings with and solicitude, some possible answers to these questions. His paintings and sculptures are like talismans not only on the nature of humans and the simplicity of happiness but also on the delusive dreams that we keep fabrication. Whether his art appears as a still life, a landscape, a portrait or a caricature, an obstinate originality remains despite the quiet reminiscence of Daumier, Chagall, Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso.
For Aimé L’Heureux, style is at first a matter of expression; the formal characteristics of an image, painted or sculpted, depend on the idea that he wants to represent. For example, cubism accentuates duplicity while realism is more suitable to portraying the simplicity of a landscape, a person or an attitude. Hence, the unity of all these works resides beyond the visible, somewhere in the essence of things that the artist captures.
Aimé L’Heureux has the attentive, searching eye of an artist that sometimes parodies, sometimes denounces, sometimes magnifies humanity and its clandestine aspects. Inspired by literature, travels and everyday life, he paints and sculpts the secret nature of appearances with a remarkable blend of respect and humour.
Catalogue from 2,000 Solo Ex French Cultural Centre
