Through a selection of works by Jean-Paul Agosti, Amélie Chassary, and Alice Magne, viewers are invited on a sensory journey. Natural elements are, by turns, suggested, used as tools and raw material, and elevated to majestic, silent subjects. They immerse the eye in an atmosphere steeped in dense color, gently shifting toward the winter season. The hues, ranging from the softest to the darkest, invite a meditation that leans toward reverie and romanticism.

Watercolors, photographs, hand-enhanced photographs, and canvases dyed by bath or in bouquet form unfold into a panorama in which landscapes, still lifes, and abstract canvases come together in a harmony of forms and colors.

JEAN-PAUL AGOSTI

Agosti-Facchetti, eldest son of Paul and Jeanne Facchetti, showed an early calling for painting and enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he studied under painter André Chastel. At the same time, he worked alongside his father at the family gallery. In the 1970s, he moved within Parisian artistic circles, meeting figures such as Philippe Starck and Gérard Garouste. In 1974, he devoted himself entirely to painting, and the family gallery relocated to rue des Saints-Pères, in a space redesigned by Carlo Scarpa.

The artist explores the architecture of the garden and its symbolism, a theme nourished by his childhood in Brittany.

In 1975, he presented his first solo exhibition at Galerie Raeber in Lucerne. His work has been shown in several galleries in France and abroad and is held in various public and private collections. Agosti has also collaborated with architects and designers on major projects, particularly in the field of stained glass.

His artistic approach, blending abstraction and poetic reflection, remains deeply shaped by his outlook on nature and the environments around him.

AMÉLIE CHASSARY

Amélie Chassary is a graduate of the École d'Art Met de Penninghen (Paris). Her approach to photography reflects the influence of her academic training.

Since childhood, Amélie has loved walking and wandering among trees and flowers; contemplation and silence have nourished her artistic inspirations. Through a poetic ecological commitment, the artist speaks of her daily relationship with nature, which has become the central subject of her photographs. She offers us an aesthetic and sensual vision. Flower bouquets, fruit and vegetable compositions, plant assemblages, and landscapes are photographed like paintings.

Her artistic approach lies between photography and painting. Amélie rediscovers the painter's gesture by creating the hues of her compositions or by enhancing her prints with successive brushstrokes of paint, at the slowed pace of contemplation. In doing so, she reinforces what is precious in the depiction of reality and affirms that nature is already a "living painting" to be admired endlessly.

ALICE MAGNE

A 2023 graduate of Villa Arson with jury commendation, she embraces an approach to painting that is conscious of its own production process. She also graduated from Chelsea College of Arts in London in 2022, where she trained in textile printing through sustainable and responsible approaches to textile design. This training marked the beginning of her research into natural dyeing and her lasting commitment to an ecological approach.

This commitment took shape through the writing of an ecological and responsible guide dedicated to painting. That same year, she received the award from the Musée International de la Parfumerie in Grasse for her research on dyeing. In 2024, Alice Magne won the Prix Art et Éco-conception, organized by Art of Change 21 in partnership with the Palais de Tokyo and supported by the Ministry of Culture and ADEME, under the patronage of Maisons Ruinart and Guerlain, members of the Cercle Art et Écologie at the Palais de Tokyo. This award grants her specialized training in eco-design.

Also in 2024, she was nominated for the Prix CLIMART by the Fondation Andurand and for the Prix Art et Nature by the Fondation Ulrich Rampp.