Les Trésors Cachés

Les Trésors Cachés de nos Artistes

Agents Associé, the organisation for French artists’ representatives will hold their first biennial group show in Paris’s Les Arts Décoratifs -a part of Le Louvre complex. I was greatly honoured to be selected by a panel of industry jurists to exhibit three artworks for the show, which is entitled: ‘Les Trésors Cachés de nos Artistes’. In other words; self-promotional, work otherwise unpublished or made purely for the pleasure of creation. The show runs for one week from 29th March to the 4th April and is located in the Louvre museum’s western wing, known as the Pavillon de Marsan.

…it’s also interesting to see the difference between the French and Irish attitudes to illustration -even amongst industry insiders such as illustrators and agents. There’s a much greater acceptance of illustration’s cultural significance in les payes francophones [perhaps it's true for the rest of Europe, though I've little experience on which to draw]. Go to any French bookstore or hypermarché and there will be an abundance of bandes dessinées on display. There’s a thriving publishing industry of graphic novels and an appreciation for the artists who produce them -with an important festival dedicated to the art in Angoulême.