The Bagnolais Oliver Agier invites his friends to exhibit with him, a snub and a goodbye

Olivier Agier, dans l’atelier que lui prête la femme de Pedro Augusto de Oliveira Costa, artiste d’origine brésilienne décédé à Bagnols en 1997. C. C. – Midi Libre

The painter shares the spotlight with other artists for this exhibition “Blood roof nest Moa". Opening this Friday evening, with live music and many surprises, at Domaine Bel-Air in La Roque-sur-Cèze.

This is an exhibition that is close to his heart. He's been preparing it for months. Active for several decades in Bagnolese cultural life, the artist Olivier Agier invites his artist friends to friends (the Domaine de Bel-Air in La Roque-sur-Cèze), for a major joint event. The exhibition is called "Sang roof nid Moa (And friends first!)", and is the subject of a festive opening this Friday June 14 from 6:30 p.m. "It’s a way of thumbing our noses at galleries and museums that cater to a conquered public. In the artistic world, everyone plays it solo. I’ want a celebration that brings together all modes of expression, for a break of creativity and generosity(*). What nourishes me are the meetings, the exchanges." Thus, the Bagnolais invited Art artists & Co (Ingrid Woudstra-Derlon, Renée Bouchez, Marie-France Santin, Sylviane Sénéchal). Let us also mention acrylic works by his son, Marco Agier, by Jean-François Ruiz ("sublime"), of late Nathaly Hertwig-Gillet ("I adored her, and this exhibition is also thanks to her")& hellip;

Blurring borders   

Olivier Agier will present around thirty new works, "mainly portraits with significant work around graphics.I am influenced by advertising, fashion, all arts. I am for blurring the boundaries between disciplines". So this mother who holds her baby and protects him from the rest of the world, &quot ;there are more and more single mothers", or the famous Diana, with a Pinocchio nose, "as if the end of his story was a lie". Or this “Me the madman, moa the SSAGE”, with two S, because "the first people exterminated in the camps were those suffering from mental illness". Mental illness, madness, he speaks about it freely, he who regularly stays at Mas Careiron in Uzès.

"Being an artist is trying to echo the pain and beauty of the world"

"A life where mental illness has marked the course of a rich and chaotic existence made of encounters and betrayals […], of inability to be part of this world and to want to magnify it at the same time" he wrote recently. Quoting famous artists, “who have bitten into the fruit of madness”, Olivier Agier shares: “Artistic creations are often the scene of a chaotic life, of perpetual questioning. Being an artist means being different, it means carrying part of the world's pain and its beauty, and trying to echo it.” This major exhibition is also a goodbye. The Bagnolais is considering moving to Uzès to teach art therapy.

Opening, concerts, entertainment and surprises, readings, show, starting at 6:30 p.m., this Friday, June 14, at the Domaine de Bel-Air (La Roque-sur-Cèze). Exhibition visible during the cellar hours until August 15.

(*) 10% of sales proceeds will be donated to AIDS research.