Holy Contradiction

Solo Exhibition in Bromfield Gallery, April1st-26th, Wed-Sun 12-5pm, Boston MA

"Holy Contradiction" is an exhibition with one poem "Mother, what do you see?", one photography "Graal", and ten watercolors (22x30 when unframed, 26x34 framed).

These artworks explore the shifting relationship between thought, emotions, gestural painting and pictural form. In this series, Fleur Thesmar paints from a deliberately neutral, or meditative, inner state. Her gestures echo natural movements, while her thoughts are held together by repeated words and emotional refrains such as “Mother”, “Cherry tree, full of wind”,  or “Love”. These anchors function as a mental rhythm shaping the work.

This body of work emerged in response to reactions to Thesmar’s earlier nature-inspired paintings, which viewers described as either “oppressive” or “liberating”. These opposing interpretations led her to question: if semi abstract landscapes created in a contemplative state can provoke such ambivalent responses, how powerful is the artist’s inner state in shaping what ultimately appears on the surface?

The full series culminated in a poem dedicated to Thesmar’s mother.

Through layered transparencies, the watercolors evoke the simultaneous images of our contemporary screens, where perception is blurred and ideas are constantly interwoven with visuals. By weaving nature and spirit, memory and perception, the work seeks to open a space of dialogue with the viewer. What do they see - and what do they project?

The painted artworks are watercolors on paper, framed in professional frames with anti-UV, anti-glare glass.