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Peu d’artistes brouillent les frontières entre peinture et sculpture avec autant de liberté qu’Ortaire de Coupigny. Dans sa série emblématique des boîtes de sardines, un objet industriel banal devient le support d’un travail artistique singulier, où se mêlent sculpture, peinture et intervention sur la matière. Ces œuvres se situent à la croisée de plusieurs traditions de l’art moderne : l’assemblage, certaines références au Pop Art, ou encore une sensibilité proche d’un surré

This life-size work, created by Ortaire de Coupigny using wax and noir de fumée , is the result of a deliberate process blending sculpture, painting, and spirituality. The image of a naked man, standing with hands crossed and eyes closed, appears behind a translucent veil of wax, as if suspended between visibility and disappearance. The work is designed to be viewed through the smooth reverse side of the wax panel, allowing the image to emerge from within, like a photographic

Few artists manage to blur the lines between sculpture, painting, and conceptual art as seamlessly as Ortaire de Coupigny.

Ortaire de Coupigny's artwork titled Punk is not dead! embodies his characteristic humor, cultural commentary, and inventive use of material

Ortaire de Coupigny's artistic journey began with a foundation in stained glass, a discipline that would shape his approach to art.

As recounted in our previous post, the history of Port Louis has influenced artists for over a century, such as Paul Signac in 1922. Unfortunately, sardine fishing is no more. The numerous fishing boats have been decommissioned. Sardine canneries have closed down along with many sailor bars. Fortunately, not all of them. When Ortaire de Coupigny settled in Port Louis, he took an interest in the city's history and decided to carry on the torch. This is what he humorously share

In 1922, Paul Signac spends the summer in Port Louis, Brittany. Alongside Georges Seurat, he is one of the founders of the Pointillist movement. His technique is characterised by the use of distinct touches of colour. The optical blending of colours occurs when one contemplates the painting from a distance. In Port Louis, Paul Signac paints the fishing boats using a bright palette consisting of cadmium yellows, vermillion, rose madder, cerulean and cobalt blue, emerald green.