Bertrand Desprez
Carte Blanche AZIMUT
Refusing bar codes and labels, Bertrand Desprez went through jazz, its blue note and improvisation ( Conversation with Dizzy Gillespie , Actes Sud, 1991), then became interested in adolescent feelings first in France ( For a Few Stars, Actes Sud, 1998) then in Japan ( The Four Seasons ).
Attracted by introspection, he turned to abstraction, landscapes and the place taken by man within them ( Chemin faisant , France Territoire Liquide , Les Champs Lumineux ). Through his current work around the circus and dance, notably with the Parc de la Villette ( Pop-Up ), he continues his path back to the human figure.
For Azimut, Bertrand Desprez wanted to walk and dance. He brought his star charts with him and got lost...
