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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Pastel on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 28.7x21.3in
About this artwork
During the same period, another device also took off, adding to our collection... the Game Boy! From the original Game Boy Cube to the Game Boy Color and then the Game Boy Advance, I spent hours playing Pokémon and Zelda. I also had the Game Gear, a direct competitor from Sega, with Sonic and Street Fighter!
In my memories, these games accompanied me on the road to our holidays. We crossed France to get to the ocean, all I needed was a few spare… charged batteries and I was good for the whole journey!
Besides handheld consoles, I only got a PlayStation much later, because my mother wanted to keep me away from it. But at my friends' and cousins' houses, we played a lot. GoldenEye on Nintendo 64, Super Smash Bros. on GameCube, Crash Bandicoot on PlayStation 1, Tekken on PlayStation 2... So many memorable moments we shared together! Guaranteed laughs!
In my memories, these games accompanied me on the road to our holidays. We crossed France to get to the ocean, all I needed was a few spare… charged batteries and I was good for the whole journey!
Besides handheld consoles, I only got a PlayStation much later, because my mother wanted to keep me away from it. But at my friends' and cousins' houses, we played a lot. GoldenEye on Nintendo 64, Super Smash Bros. on GameCube, Crash Bandicoot on PlayStation 1, Tekken on PlayStation 2... So many memorable moments we shared together! Guaranteed laughs!
Denis Verdier
France
Credentials
- Works on commission
Denis Verdier's work initially revolved around a recurring theme: flowering blue cacti rooted in antique vases. An outsider in the plant world, the cactus intrigues with its contrasting spines and flowers. Thanks to its anatomy, it is able to survive in hostile deserts. Thus, the artist identifies with its unique capacity for adaptation.
Coming from a background where art wasn't a given, Denis Verdier always felt out of step with established norms (as exemplified by antique vases). He found in the cactus an echo of his own journey: that of a being who adapts, evolves, and ultimately flourishes. The color blue, omnipresent in his work, brings a note of serenity. It represents a gentle adaptation in a noisy era.
Beyond his personal history, his works question the place of the human in a society under tension, wishing to highlight a nature that persists where technology overflows.
Coming from a background where art wasn't a given, Denis Verdier always felt out of step with established norms (as exemplified by antique vases). He found in the cactus an echo of his own journey: that of a being who adapts, evolves, and ultimately flourishes. The color blue, omnipresent in his work, brings a note of serenity. It represents a gentle adaptation in a noisy era.
Beyond his personal history, his works question the place of the human in a society under tension, wishing to highlight a nature that persists where technology overflows.