Plastician artist

FR EN

Biography

GRISOR Dominic born in 1947, France
lives and works in Lille (F)

His work follows two tracks: on the one hand, a hyper-realist pictorial component that depicts imaginary landscapes that our collective unconscious associates with the United States, and a more conceptual component of fragmentary works, abstract or figurative, incorporating language.

Works

CLEAR 2016 by GRISOR

CLEAR 2016

Painting on cutting aluminum, white neon 180 x 25 cm
Private collection

EMANCIPATION 2017 by GRISOR

EMANCIPATION 2017

Acrylic paint on canvas mounted on aluminum cutout, 60 x 85 cm
Private collection

ACTUAL SIZE 2016 by GRISOR

ACTUAL SIZE 2016

Painting on aluminum cutting, red neon 180 x 57 cm

THEOREME 2014 by GRISOR

THEOREME 2014

Acrylic on aluminum cutting 195 cm x 125 cm

BRECHET CHROME 2012 by GRISOR

BRECHET CHROME 2012

Acrylic on canvas mounted on aluminum cutting 165 cm x 180 cm
Private collection

CROCO DEAL 1989 by GRISOR

CROCO DEAL 1989

Acrylic on steel cutting 230 cm x 225 cm
Private collection

LESS IS MORE 2000 by GRISOR

LESS IS MORE 2000

Acrylic on steel cutting 65 cm x 98 cm
Private collection

PERIL 2014 by GRISOR

PERIL 2014

Acrylic on aluminum cutting 180 cm x 45 cm

CONSTELLATION DU CHAT 2016 by GRISOR

CONSTELLATION DU CHAT 2016

Acrylic on canvas, mounted on aluminum cutting 130 x 68 cm
Private collection

Rotor 2014 by GRISOR

Rotor 2014

Acrylic on canvas mounted on aluminum cutting 150x55cm
Private collection

BLUE TO 2017 by GRISOR

BLUE TO 2017

Acrylic on aluminum cutting, 160 X 53 cm

FLUX 2017 by GRISOR

FLUX 2017

Fluorescent tubes, epoxy paint on aluminum cutting, 150 x 36 cm
Private collection

FIGURE AU 07 2017 by GRISOR

FIGURE AU 07 2017

Acrylic on aluminum cutting, 180 x 50 cm

MENTAL 2013 by GRISOR

MENTAL 2013

Acrylic on canvas mounted on aluminum cutting 193 cm x 77 cm

ONE 2014 by GRISOR

ONE 2014

Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 165 x 125 cm
Private collection

VU 2017 by GRISOR

VU 2017

Epoxy paint on aluminum cutting, 190 x 58 cm

REMEMBER 2017 by GRISOR

REMEMBER 2017

White neons on aluminum cutting, 62 x 160 cm

CHARTE 2019 by GRISOR

CHARTE 2019

Acrylic on aluminum 180 x 135 cm
Private collection

VERTICALE AU 10 2017 by GRISOR

VERTICALE AU 10 2017

Neon white, epoxy paint on aluminum cutting, 180 x 15 cm
Private collection

CARBONE 2018 by GRISOR

CARBONE 2018

Acrylic on aluminum cutout 30 x 110 cm

CECI EST UNE PIPE 2017 by GRISOR

CECI EST UNE PIPE 2017

Epoxy paint on aluminum cutting 30 x 17 cm

CONTRITION 2019 by GRISOR

CONTRITION 2019

Acrylic on aluminum cutting 110 x 76 cm

LIGNE AU 210 by GRISOR

LIGNE AU 210

Neon white and epoxy paint on aluminum cutout 165 x 54 cm

DEROBADE 2018 by GRISOR

DEROBADE 2018

White neons, pigment print on plexiglass 165 x 62 cm
Private collection

ELEMENT C1 2019 by GRISOR

ELEMENT C1 2019

Acrylic on aluminum and cutting 180 x 130 cm
Private collection

EW 2018 by GRISOR

EW 2018

Acrylic on aluminum 180 x 135 cm
Private collection

FUSION 2019 by GRISOR

FUSION 2019

Acrylic on aluminum cutting 103 x 78 cm

HUMAN 2019 by GRISOR

HUMAN 2019

Epoxy paint on aluminum cutting and leeds 185 x 43 cm
Private collection

JAUNE AU 330 by GRISOR

JAUNE AU 330

Acrylic on aluminum 70 x 47 cm
Private collection

L'ENVERS DU DECOR 2019 by GRISOR

L'ENVERS DU DECOR 2019

Acrylic on aluminum 180 x 135 cm
Private collection

L'INVITE SURPRISE 2019 by GRISOR

L'INVITE SURPRISE 2019

Acrylic on aluminum 180 x 135 cm
Private collection

NOW YORK 2019 by GRISOR

NOW YORK 2019

Acrylic on aluminum 180 x 135 cm
Private collection

SEE 2018 by GRISOR

SEE 2018

Neon white and acrylic paint on aluminum cutout 150 x 15 cm

AXIOME 2019 by GRISOR

AXIOME 2019

Acrylic on aluminum 180 x 135 cm

SIZE 2018 by GRISOR

SIZE 2018

Copper bar and epoxy paint on aluminum cutting 185 x 27 cm

SOLSTICE 2018 by GRISOR

SOLSTICE 2018

Epoxy paint on aluminum cutting 210 x 75 cm
Private collection

DÉBUT PROMETTEUR 2021 by GRISOR

DÉBUT PROMETTEUR 2021

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, L 75 x H 55 cm

AUBE 2022 by GRISOR

AUBE 2022

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, L 92 x H 140 cm

RESURGENCE 2022 by GRISOR

RESURGENCE 2022

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, L 110 x H 55 cm

L'IRRESOLU 2022 by GRISOR

L'IRRESOLU 2022

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, W 43 x H 88 cm

ELEMENT R1 by GRISOR

ELEMENT R1

Acrylic on canvas and painted aluminum cutout 225 x 235 cm

TODAY 2021 by GRISOR

TODAY 2021

Epoxy paint on aluminum cutout, L 50 x H 150 cm

THEORIE APPLIQUÉE 2022 by GRISOR

THEORIE APPLIQUÉE 2022

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, W 70 x H 137 cm

IYO 2020 by GRISOR

IYO 2020

Acrylic on aluminium, W 90 x H 125 cm

IN 2021 by GRISOR

IN 2021

Epoxy paint, LEDs on aluminum cutout, L 90 x H 160 cm

WHY 2021 by GRISOR

WHY 2021

Acrylic on aluminium, L 135 x H 180 cm

ESPRIT PRESENT 2022 by GRISOR

ESPRIT PRESENT 2022

Acrylic on aluminium, L 135 x H 180 cm

REMOVE 2021 by GRISOR

REMOVE 2021

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, L 133 x H 127 cm

L'AMI SILENCIEUX_2022 by GRISOR

L'AMI SILENCIEUX_2022

Epoxy paint on aluminum cutout, L 43 x H 103 cm

LEURRE 2022 by GRISOR

LEURRE 2022

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, L 92 x H 140 cm

ITER 2022 by GRISOR

ITER 2022

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, L 77 x H 170 cm

REFLEXION 2022 by GRISOR

REFLEXION 2022

Pigment print on dibond, L 75 x H 100 cm

SUJET HYPNOTIQUE 2022 by GRISOR

SUJET HYPNOTIQUE 2022

Acrylic on aluminum die-cut, L 56 x H 140 cm

TOKYO SONG 2024 by GRISOR

TOKYO SONG 2024

Acrylic on aluminum 155x115 cm

What is unique about the Grisor approach is its use of simple, universally memorized subjects that seem to immediately convey meaning. Great savings in means are made for space.

Grisor creates truths with the object and space, its own truths, while onlookers take their time and fragments of reality appear to be turned away from their target, triggering yet another glimpse. Its demonstration of resemblance and bare composition has kindled a relaunch.
Evocative action prevails over absolute description to make thought visible, one detail sufficing in evoking the whole. For Grisor, the fragment rings out as an entity.

With the subject forming its own framework and its relation with space transformed into a sign, a play is made on full and empty spaces. A stimulus of colour and memory guides the spectator into its world, following the rationale of its own handling of living experience.

Embedded in this work is something absolute, an atmosphere that will be played in all of its shapes and subjects, while ruling out references.

Each one can follow his own course, freely.
Y.S

Dominic Grisor
ALAN BAY 1995 by GRISOR

ALAN BAY 1995

Acrylic on canvas 100x81 cm

APRES-MIDI MEXICAINE 1986 by GRISOR

APRES-MIDI MEXICAINE 1986

Acrylic on canvas 116x89 cm

BASE V-22 2023 by GRISOR

BASE V-22 2023

Acrylic on canvas 146x114 cm

BROADWAY 1986 by GRISOR

BROADWAY 1986

Acrylic on canvas 116x89 cm

CAPTEURS PARK 2023 by GRISOR

CAPTEURS PARK 2023

Acrylic on canvas 61x50 cm

DOGS DAY 2022 by GRISOR

DOGS DAY 2022

Acrylic on canvas 130x97 cm

DRIVE IN THEATRE 1886 by GRISOR

DRIVE IN THEATRE 1886

Acrylic on canvas 100x89 cm

ESCALE 1987 by GRISOR

ESCALE 1987

Acrylic on canvas 162x130 cm

ESPACE IONISE 1982 by GRISOR

ESPACE IONISE 1982

Acrylic on canvas 130x162 cm

JOLI MOIS DE MAI 1977 by GRISOR

JOLI MOIS DE MAI 1977

Acrylic on canvas 130x162 cm

L'INATTENDU 2023 by GRISOR

L'INATTENDU 2023

Acrylic on canvas 61x50 cm

LA PROMESSE 2022 by GRISOR

LA PROMESSE 2022

Acrylic on canvas 146x114 cm

NO MAN'S LAND by GRISOR

NO MAN'S LAND

Acrylic on canvas 146x114 cm

PANTHERE ELECTRONIQUE by GRISOR

PANTHERE ELECTRONIQUE

Acrylic on canvas 114x146 cm

RED ROCK 1987 by GRISOR

RED ROCK 1987

Acrylic on canvas 162x114 cm

SPACE LAB 2024 by GRISOR

SPACE LAB 2024

Acrylic on canvas 146x114 cm

SWOOL BANANAS 1980 by GRISOR

SWOOL BANANAS 1980

Acrylic on canvas 114x146 cm

WILD GALLERY 2022 by GRISOR

WILD GALLERY 2022

Acrylic on canvas 146x114 cm

A word of warning: any resemblance to an existing landscape is entirely coincidental. In Grisor's paintings, it is the imagination that constructs an almost photographic reality. Although he uses vernacular markers that the collective unconscious often associates with American landscapes, such as palm trees, azure desert skies, large buildings and stylised signs, his latest paintings on canvas are born of his own everyday mythologies, nourished by the vibrations of the 'contemporary' world.

It would be an understatement to say that his work is distinguished by the exacting technical demands that the artist places at the service of his vision, with the precision of a goldsmith. To see this for yourself, all you have to do is pay close attention to his rendering of light and texture, and his tireless attention to detail. In the background, he conveys his capacity for wonder, a fundamental notion here. Some may prefer the term hypervausibility rather than hyperrealism to describe Grisor's style. The fact remains that these paintings generate a formal evidence that establishes an immediate communication with the viewer.

Solo exhibitions

2024
Galerie Cédric Bacqueville, Lille
2022
Galerie Cédric Bacqueville, Lille
2019
Galerie Cédric Bacqueville, Lille
2017
Galerie Cédric Bacqueville, Lille
2016
Galerie Cédric Bacqueville, Lille
2014
''4 à 4'' Musée Paul Valery Sète
2013
Lille Art Fair, Galerie A.Delerive
2010
Galerie A.Delerive, Lille, éditions
2008
Galerie Régis Dorval, Lille
2006
Ecole Régionale Supérieure d'Expression Plastique, Tourcoing
2005
Dodeigne-Grisor, Foire Européenne Strasbourg, Galerie Régis Dorval
2005
Galerie Régis Dorval, Lille
2003
Piet Blanckaert Gallery, Bruges (B)
J&M Davidson Gallery - Londres (G.B)
2003
Telindus-Ostende (B)
2002
Médiathèque M.Yourcenar, Faches-Tthumesnil
2002
Galerie A.Delerive, Lille
2000
Galerie de l'Atelier 2, Villeneuve d'Ascq
1996
Opsis Art Gallery, Ostduinkerke (B)
Médiathèque Trith Saint Léger
1994
Espace Techno, Paris
1993
S.A.G.A Grand Palais Paris . Gravures
Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques, Valenciennes
1992
Espace Techno, Paris . Galerie Le Carré, Lille
1992
Galerie Etienne de Causans
1990
Galerie Jacqueline Moussion, Paris
1989
Galerie Jacqueline Moussion, Paris
1988
Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai
1984
Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve d'Ascq
1982
FIAC Grand Palais, Paris
Abbaye de St Riquier
1981
Formes Internationales Lille
1980
Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris
1975
Galerie Jacqueline Storme Lille
Galerie Lithos Mouscron (B)

Publications

Selected Bibliography

Textimoov, édition Lille 3 000 & Stichting KUNSTBOEK BV 2024
Topographies de la lumière, édition La manufacture de l’image 2021
Biographie GRISOR par Gérard Durozoi aux éditions Invenit
Catalogue ''4 à 4'' Musée Paul Valery Sète 2014 F.OBJOIS
Extraits de 1988 à 2013 édition personnelle Y.STEVEN 2013
LAM Histoires 2010 Musée d'Art Moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq
Catalogue Atelier de la Monnaie 2008 Musée des Beaux Arts de Lille
Catalogue Editions Alain BUYSE Musée de Graveline 2006
Art Actuel nov/dec 2005 H.KAMPIANNE
Art et Métiers du livre n°236 juin 2003 C.COMENTAL
Couleurs mai 2002 V.SEBILLE
Catalogue Fondation Wicar Rome 2001 Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse Lille
Dictionnaire des Arts Plastiques, modernes et contemporains, Ed. Gründ 2001 J.P. DELARGE
Plaquette Atelier 2 Villeneuve d'Ascq avril 2000 L.BOITEL
Place des Artistes Christian LOUIS édition Sedrap 1992
Artistes en Nord Pas de Calais ORCEP Conseil Régional 1991
Catalogue Collection de la Banque Populaire du Nord 1991
Le Nouvel Observateur 23 novembre 1989 P. CARTERON
Plaquette Galerie J.Moussion Paris 1989
Plaquette Musée de la Chartreuse Douai 1989 G.DUROZOI
Musée de Douai octobre 1989 B. VERMANDER-QUENEHEN
Carte Blanche 1987 Musée d'Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou
Catalogue F.R.A.C. Nord/Pas de Calais 1984 C. DAVID
Neuf années d'acquisitions d'art contemporain 1983 Musée de Tourcoing G.DUROZOI
Catalogue des ''Images d'Aujourd'hui'' 1983 Niort G.DUROZOI
Catalogue panoramique Nord/Pas de Calais 1983 Musée d'Art Moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq
Le Figaro 18 aout 1982 R. CRESSENT
Canal n°55 avril 1981 G. DUROZOI
Cimaise n°147 1980 P.GAUTHIER
Catalogue Musée de Toulon novembre 1980
Jungle novembre 1980 M. VILLARD
Novedades, Mexico juillet 1980 M.G. ORCEJO
Arts n°203 juin 1980 E.ARTAUD
La Croix 29 mai 1980 J. BARON
Libération 21 mai 1980 S. YOUNAN
Le Quotidien de Paris 2 mai 1980 P.R.D
Le Figaro 2 mai 1980 J.M. TASSET
Canal n°39 1980 G.DUROZOI
Catalogue galerie Etienne de Causans 1980 G.DUROZOI
Catalogue ''Les uns par les autres'' 1979 Musée des Beaux Arts de Lille
Futurs n°5 1978 A.TRONCHE
Canal n°12 Opus International n°66/67 1978
Vie des Arts 1977 G.DUROZOI
Terz Occhio n°3 1975 E.JAGUER

Collections

Banque Mondiale Washington
F.R.A.C, Nord - Pas de Calais
Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Banque Edmond de Rothschild, Paris
Banque Populaire du Nord
Trois Suisses International
Ambassade du Brésil, Paris
Ville de Lille
Les Amis du Centre Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg, Paris
Conseil Général du Nord
Musée d'Art Moderne, Nice
Musée de l'Estampe, Gravelines
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Université Catholique de Lille
Nombreuses collections particulières en France, Europe, Etats-Unis

Contact

Represented by the Cédric Bacqueville Gallery - Lille, France
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