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Upside down

Sophie Dumont

2024 • France • Oil on Canvas

24 x 24 in

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Sophie Dumont

France

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Exhibited in a Museum
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Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
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Artwork details

Medium : Oil on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
Dimensions : 23.6x23.6in

About this artwork

Sophie Dumont's "Upside Down" invites a deep reflection on perception and structure. Done in her signature technique of thick, textured layers, this painting is a sober composition, where books, carefully arranged on shelves, seem to defy the laws of order and reading. By revisiting an earlier painting, Dumont gives this scene a new life, inviting the viewer to a rereading, an inversion of conventions.

The shelves, all more or less filled with… volumes, are interpreted through subtle colors, which oscillate between neutral tones and touches of brighter color. This chromatic choice, both harmonious and dynamic, captures attention without being invasive. The books, here not defined by titles or authors, become timeless objects, symbols of collective knowledge and imagination, all the more powerful because they are in the shadow of abstraction.

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Sophie Dumont

France

Credentials

Exhibited in a Museum
Solo shows participant
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

« To sublimate, to appropriate the subject, to keep only the essential. »

Sophie Dumont is a contemporary French painter born in Paris in 1964. She currently lives and works in Normandy. Her work, primarily oil on canvas, explores the memory of places through abstract landscapes, stylized libraries, and studio interiors. Through the layering of numerous paints and subtle collages, she constructs structured compositions where matter, light, and color interact. Her work is distinguished by a balance between architecture and pictorial sensibility. Exhibiting for over twenty years in France and internationally, notably in Germany, Canada, Belgium, and Italy, Sophie Dumont's work is now featured in numerous private and museum collections.

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Sophie Dumont

Upside down

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