Dans le cadre de son exposition new-yorkaise « CHELSEA GENESIS » avec la galerie Amsterdam Whitney, Barbara Christol bénéficie d’un très bel article en double page de l’édition 2025 du magazine Art Acquisitor.
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I could not say any other way –things I had no words for,” declared Georgia O’Keeffe. Illustrating this principle, French painter Barbara Christol’s incandescent, blue-hued abstract oeuvre reflects ethereal optical projections which inspire human consciousness into thoughtful contemplation of the universe. Gracefully elegant by intermixing a chromatic blue color palette with geometic dynamic forms which reverberate with fluid organic lines, her explosive bursts of color harmoniously morph into dazzling compositions. Visually juxtaposing geometric and free flowing shapes with complementary color, she produces configurations of spatial three-dimensionality.
“J’ai découvert que je pouvais dire des choses avec des couleurs et des formes que je ne pouvais pas exprimer autrement – des choses pour lesquelles je n’avais pas de mots”, a déclaré Georgia O’Keeffe. En suivant ce principe, l’œuvre incandescente et bleutée de la peintre française Barbara Christol reflète des projections optiques éthérées qui invitent à une réflexion sur l’univers. En mélangeant élégamment une palette de bleus chromatiques avec des formes géométriques dynamiques et des lignes organiques fluides, ses explosions de couleurs se transforment en compositions éblouissantes. En juxtaposant visuellement des formes géométriques et fluides avec des couleurs complémentaires, elle crée des configurations tridimensionnelles. (…)
Recontextualizing creation as a labyrinth, Barbara Christol’s paintings reflect the conceptualization of geometry through art. By transcending words and recognizable images for pure expressionism conveyed through abstract forms, her luminous paintings highlight the depths of the human emotive experience. Adroitly intermingling translucent color with penetrating meaning, her beautiful, minimalist non-objective compositions synthesize an intense inner tangibility. Intermixing gestural colorwith organic shapes, atmospheric pools of brilliant spectral blue hues emerge into saturated multivalent color planes. Through topographical layers of richly saturated brushwork, her cerebral paintings radiate a divine, non-verbal language which seamlessly integrates these elements into her work.
Oscillating between three-dimensional spatial arrangement, her monochromatic gradations of blue geometric configurations celebrate the abstract journey of life as her canvases explore the expansive possibilities of a non-objective universal language. Her abstract quest is to translate onto canvas the non-representational divergent realities of shape and color, transcribing them to a complete fulcrum of expressive sensations. Resonating with the verve of non-objective vision, her masterful tableaux resonates with color and form which dominates her visceral masterful vision. Gestating into a sensory experience, this gifted artist’s powerful abstract work illustrates the emotional essence of the natural world and invites us to imaginatively connect with the universe.
With the beauty of the shape in mind, Barbara Christol’s incandescent oeuvre accentuates an aesthetic expression channeled through precise geometric design elements. Intermingling combinations of blue-hued tones to create diverse image variations, her geometrical-based color filled compositions are amplified by constructed objects. Boldly and firmly embracing her individuality as an artist, her elegant and restrained compositions reveal an energized spatial composition through layering simple shapes and juxtaposing them against expressive color. Contrasting organic forms create complex relationships which overlap within an abstracted dynamic background, resulting in a subtle change of color and density expansion. Cool and expert, her judiciously planned geometric paintings coordinate a close color rapport with considerable finesse, as her spectral colors exist independently in space, without altering the over-all forms of the surface, or the complexities of the structure itself.
Brilliantly translating onto canvas with a syncopated beat of the abstract, award-winning artist Barbara Christol has participated in a lifetime of immersion in the arts. Culminating in a wonderful body of work, she has embarked on a painting career which has catapulted her to a meaningful position in the contemporary art arena, both in France and America. The presence of this global artist’s works in prestigious collections across the world is an affirmation of her continually expanding international reputation. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to showcase the masterful abstract compositions of this international art star!
