{"id":11060,"date":"2026-01-13T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=11060"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:39:50","slug":"gerhard-richter-or-the-cameleon-of-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/gerhard-richter-or-the-cameleon-of-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerhard Richter or the chameleon of painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A short portrait of this immense artist, followed by a look at his current presence at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr\/fr\/evenements\/exposition-gerhard-richter\">Louis Vuitton Foundation<\/a>.<\/strong> <strong>From the perspective of photojournalist Sylvain Grandadam. <\/strong><br><br><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/gerhard-richter-or-the-cameleon-of-painting\/#La_photographie_comme_source\" >Photography as a source<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/gerhard-richter-or-the-cameleon-of-painting\/#Explorer_labstraction\" >Exploring abstraction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/gerhard-richter-or-the-cameleon-of-painting\/#Betty_lart_du_flou\" >Betty: the art of blur<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/gerhard-richter-or-the-cameleon-of-painting\/#Des_oeuvres_monumentales\" >Monumental works<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/gerhard-richter-or-the-cameleon-of-painting\/#Dernieres_toiles_abstraites_magistrales\" >Last masterful abstract paintings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8834-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Paris, France. Fondation Vuitton. Gerhard Richter, Verk\u00fcndigung nach Tizian, 1973 Oil on canvas, 125 x 200 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1994 \u00a9 Gerhard Richter 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-11147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8834-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8834-1K-JPEG-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8834-1K-JPEG-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8834-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8834-1K-JPEG-600x373.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8834-1K-JPEG-36x22.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Paris, France. Fondation Vuitton. Gerhard Richter, Verk\u00fcndigung nach Tizian, 1973<br>Oil on canvas, 125 x 200 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute<\/em>ution, <em>Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1994 \u00a9 Gerhard Richter 2025.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richter is one of the world's most influential living artists. He is described by some of his supporters as the \"Picasso of the 21st century\", as much for his ability to constantly renew himself as for his capacity to produce abundantly... <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Born in 1932 in Dresden, East Germany, Gerhard Richter grew up under the Nazi regime before being subjected to the rigours of Soviet socialist realism. In 1961, just before the Berlin Wall was built, he fled to the West, to D\u00fcsseldorf, before settling in Cologne, where he continues to live and work. This double experience of totalitarianism forged in him a deep distrust of ideologies and official truths.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8839-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11212 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8839-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8839-1K-JPEG-1-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8839-1K-JPEG-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8839-1K-JPEG-1-434x600.jpg 434w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8839-1K-JPEG-1-17x24.jpg 17w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-photographie-comme-source\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_photographie_comme_source\"><\/span>Photography as a source<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8819-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8819-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8819-1K-JPEG-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8819-1K-JPEG-1-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8819-1K-JPEG-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8819-1K-JPEG-1-600x439.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8819-1K-JPEG-1-33x24.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8856-1K-JPEG-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8856-1K-JPEG-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8856-1K-JPEG-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8856-1K-JPEG-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8856-1K-JPEG-3-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8856-1K-JPEG-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8856-1K-JPEG-3-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8864-1K-JPEG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8864-1K-JPEG-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8864-1K-JPEG-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8864-1K-JPEG-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8864-1K-JPEG-2-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8864-1K-JPEG-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8864-1K-JPEG-2-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>His almost oxymoronic work is marked by a fascinating duality between two styles that he alternates with virtuosity. On one hand, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photor%C3%A9alisme_(mouvement)\">Photorealism <\/a>: the artist reproduces photographs on canvas, often blurred and frequently in black and white, questioning our perception of reality and memory, which can cause discomfort for the viewer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-explorer-l-abstraction\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Explorer_labstraction\"><\/span>Exploring abstraction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8818-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8818-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8818-1K-JPEG-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8818-1K-JPEG-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8818-1K-JPEG-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8818-1K-JPEG-1-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8836-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8836-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8836-1K-JPEG-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8836-1K-JPEG-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8836-1K-JPEG-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8836-1K-JPEG-1-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abstraction_(art)\">Abstraction <\/a>or \u00ab <em>Abstrakte Bilder<\/em> \u00bb : Using large squeegees, he spreads and scrapes off layers of fresh paint to leave space for chance and pure matter, raising questions that recall the doubts that surrounded the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surr%C3%A9alisme\">surrealism<\/a>, on the validity of an artist\u2019s recourse to the creativity of chance... Some works of figures or landscapes escape this classification, however, and appeal to the viewer through their presence and polychrome realism.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-betty-l-art-du-flou\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Betty_lart_du_flou\"><\/span>Betty: the art of blur<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This painting, entitled Betty (1988), is one of Richter's most famous works. Although it looks almost photographic, it is a masterly oil on canvas that plays on the confusion between painting and photography. The painting depicts the artist's daughter Babette (nicknamed Betty). Richter did not paint her \u00abon the spot\u00bb in 1988. He used a photograph he had taken of her ten years earlier, in 1978, when she was about 11. This time lag between the photograph and the painting adds a dimension of nostalgia and remembrance to the work.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8860-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11237 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8860-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8860-1K-JPEG-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8860-1K-JPEG-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8860-1K-JPEG-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8860-1K-JPEG-1-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><br>Richter uses his signature blurring technique (<em>Vermalung<\/em>), which involves running a dry brush or a squeegee over the still-fresh paint. This artistic blur imitates the focus of a camera and creates an emotional distance. It gives the impression that the subject is about to fade away, reinforcing the idea that the past is elusive. <br>The pose is symbolic: Betty turns away from the viewer. She doesn't look at us, and she also turns her back on her father (the painter). This gesture is often interpreted as a refusal to be identified, or as a protection of her privacy. Betty is generally thought to be looking at one of her father's grey monochrome paintings in the dark background. In this way, she seems to be \u00abturning her back\u00bb on classical figuration (represented by her own realistic portrait) in order to contemplate abstraction. The bright red and floral motifs of her jacket contrast violently with the stark grey\/black background, creating a tension between the warmth of childhood and the coldness of conceptual art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-des-oeuvres-monumentales\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Des_oeuvres_monumentales\"><\/span>Monumental works<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Richter_8846-1K-JPEG-1-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The current exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton represents a kind of Monumental Dialogue. In keeping with its close relationship with the artist, the Fondation regularly presents major works from his collection. At the moment, the emphasis is on the power of his late works and monumental series, described by one expert as \u00aberasure as truth\u00bb. Richter's spiritual coherence, despite the diversity of forms, is striking, making this exhibition crucial: Richter does not seek to \u00abrepresent\u00bb the world, but demonstrates that every image is a construction. Whether he is painting a realistic candle or an immense abstract canvas, he could be telling us that vision is fragile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dernieres-toiles-abstraites-magistrales\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dernieres_toiles_abstraites_magistrales\"><\/span>Last masterful abstract paintings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8872-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8872-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8872-1K-JPEG-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8872-1K-JPEG-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8872-1K-JPEG-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8872-1K-JPEG-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8872-1K-JPEG-1-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Faced with the gigantic formats on display, the viewer is no longer a mere observer, but is \u00abimmersed\u00bb in the colour, the squeegee technique creates an archaeological depth of palimpsest where each layer of paint hides or reveals another. In each room, there is an almost monastic, German-style discipline. No overflowing ego here, but constant technical research to achieve what he calls \u00aba presence that is not ourselves\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr\/fr\/evenements\/exposition-gerhard-richter\">Louis Vuitton Foundation<\/a><br>8 av. du Mahatma Gandhi<br>Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 17 October 2025 to 2 March 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8882-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11182 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8882-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8882-1K-JPEG-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8882-1K-JPEG-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8882-1K-JPEG-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_8882-1K-JPEG-1-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text and Photos : <\/strong>Sylvain Grandadam<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short portrait of this immense artist, followed by a look at his current presence at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. 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