Vernissage October 31, 2020 at 11AM
Exhibition Until December 5, 2020

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Charles Husser, with a great sense of humor, engages in dialogue with his family: that of painters, his mentors, and those he observes every day in the studio. His polymorphic art, like Baselitz’s, still represents, as it did 30 or 40 years ago, an aesthetic and intellectual challenge. The neo-expressionist inspirations of Tàpies or Baselitz, among many others, can be found in Husser’s work.

Art is the nourishment of the artist. He makes the meal an analogy for the painting he creates every day. It is a subject before his eyes, in his hands, and in his mouth, at least three times a day. Food is a source of inspiration for his strong desire for composition, with shapes, colors, and textures. For Charles Husser, painting is vital, just like eating. He has a simple desire to share what moves him, much like a recipe discovered the day before, which he tries to pass on. This moment at the table, of sharing and exchange, brings souls together, crystallizing the present moment and creating unforgettable memories.

An inexhaustible source of inspiration, the theme of food has been explored over time. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper (1495–98), an emblematic work in the history of art, depicts the final meal of Jesus Christ. Around the table, pretenses vanish. The emergence of still lifes in Holland (16th–17th century) overturned the conventions of painting and inaugurated a direct relationship between art and food. Traditional mythological and religious subjects were placed on the same level as culinary arts. The role of the subject within the work was redefined. Food became as important as humans, symbolizing life. Its decay is inevitable, just as the death of a human being is. In the 1960s, Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans demonstrated the artist’s sentimental attachment to cans of soup. The simplest, most everyday meal has the power to become significant for a person. It disconnects one from the world and evokes childhood memories. The magic of food also lies in its poetic dimension.

In the exhibition A Table, Charles Husser presents his nutritional choices, his sources of inspiration, and takes genuine pleasure in sharing them with you.