Leonard Combier | A Magical Universe

About Leonard Combier

Leonard Combier, a self-taught french artist, is driven by a craze of artistic outcome. Leonard’s drawings gradually develop and grow in complexity, finally persuading him to leave business school behind and commit entirely to his art.

Combier is like an enigma that can never fully be solved.

Firstly, one may see his imagination running so wild as if each of his works was a world unto itself. As a result, something always slips your glimpse or escapes your eye, resisting the attempt to unravel every clue. However, Combier’s artistic talents show his storytelling skills, conducting to a magical setting. A magical universe, reminiscent of the one Lewis Caroll created for Alice as she chose between multiple worlds of changing sizes. Or even the one in Inception, where different levels of consciousness come into play.

Work and Drawing Process

It’s evident how Combier’s work demands focused attention and receptivity. Although it’s the beauty of the work that first catches the viewer’s eye, the joie de vivre also emanates from a wide range of bright, acidic colors, that he carefully chose from his vast and varied collection of acrylic posca and ink.

The work’s extraordinary detail then draws the viewer into the diversity of the shapes in the background, the texts transcribed in their entirety, the interlocking mechanisms, like a complex pinball machine, and the variable geometric features displayed in the faces of the characters.

Nouveau 5 – Exposition Léonard Combier du 22 au 31 octobre 2012 à la galerie Alexandre Cadain. 76, rue Quincampoix 75003 – oct 12 –

1 – Exposition Léonard Combier du 22 au 31 octobre 2012 à la galerie Alexandre Cadain. 76, rue Quincampoix 75003 – oct 12 –

5 – Exposition Léonard Combier du 22 au 31 octobre 2012 à la galerie Alexandre Cadain. 76, rue Quincampoix 75003 – oct 12 –

11 – Exposition Léonard Combier du 22 au 31 octobre 2012 à la galerie Alexandre Cadain. 76, rue Quincampoix 75003 – oct 12 –

17 – Exposition Léonard Combier du 22 au 31 octobre 2012 à la galerie Alexandre Cadain. 76, rue Quincampoix 75003 – oct 12 –

6 – Exposition Léonard Combier du 22 au 31 octobre 2012 à la galerie Alexandre Cadain. 76, rue Quincampoix 75003 – oct 12 –

Inspiration

Robert Combas comes to mind as an inspirational forerunner of Léonard Combier. Similarly, both artists depict a myriad of real or imaginary figures against highly elaborate backgrounds. Combier’s work is comparable to a giant chemical laboratory. For instance, each component links to the next, forming a chain reaction where everything interrelates until the piece finally emerges as a whole. In other words, there is no room for error, no matter how slight, given its impact on the entire system in the painting, thus causing irreparable repercussions on the work as a whole and its meaning.

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