“After starting to engrave on reclaimed plywood, Didier Hamey found his ideal tool in the drypoint, and his preferred medium in Plexiglas. (…) Engravers are artists who need the resistance of the material. It is a physical conquest and a fundamental part that frees their creative capacity.
In addition to the downy, warm appearance of the drypoint, the plexiglass increases the feeling of imperfection in the finished line as well as its fragility. There is a real coherence between Didier Hamey's line and his favorite subject.
Paul Ripoche
Didier Hamey was born in 1962 in Dunkirk, where he grew up. He now lives and works in Saou, Drôme.
His works appear in numerous private and public collections, including the National Fund for Contemporary Art, the National Library and the Gravelines Engraving Museum.
It was during a residency at the Casa de Velasquez in Madrid that he began his series of drypoints entitled “Les Bonshommes”.
