Art Comes From The Earth
Our planet is an endless source of colors, landscapes, forms, each one more artistic than the other and it has been an established fact since Antiquity. At that time, philosophers had already spoken about the concept of art imitating life and nature. But back then they had no idea what the Earth truly looked like from above.
The idea of this editorial project comes from the observation of Thomas Pesquet’s photographs. The french astronaut takes pictures of the Earth seen from space. Some of those look so much like paintings that I wanted to do a parallel between his photos and personal painted experimentations in this editorial object to highlight the tight bond between art and life.
« Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. », said Oscar Wilde in 1928. For him, it’s the artist that unveils the nature, by giving it consistency and depth. But what would Wilde say nowadays if he discovered nature from an angle that was inaccessible at his time, the one of the Earth seen from the sky? Science and modern technology can now show us how much art, nature and life are deeply bonded. This editorial object highlights this link and puts forward how the vision of this one evolved from the Antiquity to today.
