The mechanical poem by Raymond Gosselin.
Museum Bookseller / Illustria| N° d'inventaire | 31520 |
| Format | 24 x 32 |
| Détails | 208 p., numerous color figures, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2025 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782354041106 |
Raymond Gosselin (1924-2017) was a poet and mechanic. First
poet, like all children, then mechanic, because it was his first job, which he
has continued to embody by teaching, drawing, painting, sculpting.
We offer here a biography, because it is to follow the meanders of the life of the
artists that we best grasp their art. It does not close in on the person,
she follows his trail in the moving world. She captures his encounters, the
environments that form it, the opportunities and constraints that make up the life of
all, but some sublimate into art. Through this artist, we
reveals a slice of French plastic arts from the second half of the
20th century. A story that begins with the Second World War and the
Reconstruction, experienced closely by Gosselin, from his native Cotentin to the region
du Havre, which he made his home port. It flourished during the years of
growth, where cultural policies flourish. It intersects with the debates
which cross the world of art of this time (socialist realism,
amateurism or professionalization, public commissions, patronage
private...). This richly illustrated work aims to give
to see a unique, important and little-known work, but also to restore the
time that Raymond Gosselin crossed with his hopes, his successes and his
inevitable disillusionment. A text by the philosopher Gérard Bras on the
The sensuality of Raymond Gosselin's mechanics provides a final punctuation mark to
the work.
Raymond Gosselin (1924-2017) was a poet and mechanic. First
poet, like all children, then mechanic, because it was his first job, which he
has continued to embody by teaching, drawing, painting, sculpting.
We offer here a biography, because it is to follow the meanders of the life of the
artists that we best grasp their art. It does not close in on the person,
she follows his trail in the moving world. She captures his encounters, the
environments that form it, the opportunities and constraints that make up the life of
all, but some sublimate into art. Through this artist, we
reveals a slice of French plastic arts from the second half of the
20th century. A story that begins with the Second World War and the
Reconstruction, experienced closely by Gosselin, from his native Cotentin to the region
du Havre, which he made his home port. It flourished during the years of
growth, where cultural policies flourish. It intersects with the debates
which cross the world of art of this time (socialist realism,
amateurism or professionalization, public commissions, patronage
private...). This richly illustrated work aims to give
to see a unique, important and little-known work, but also to restore the
time that Raymond Gosselin crossed with his hopes, his successes and his
inevitable disillusionment. A text by the philosopher Gérard Bras on the
The sensuality of Raymond Gosselin's mechanics provides a final punctuation mark to
the work.