"I am a painter who paints his emotions. But I give them a frame."
(I am a painter who paints his emotions, but I give them a frame.)
The Paris-based painter Marcel Polin approaches his canvases with gestural movements. He uses leftover paint from earlier paintings, relating them to one another until they fit together. As soon as a colour concept emerges, he sands the canvas down and makes new decisions. Forms arise from the power of colour: blocks, stripes, lines that open, close or connect and in turn influence the colour composition. Gesture and experiment are the foundation of the creative process; the result is constructivist, often complicated structures with idiosyncratic, surprising colour combinations.
The works of Marcel Polin present themselves with a pleasant lightness and matter-of-factness. One must immerse oneself in the paintings to grasp colour and composition. Every surface, line and choice of colour is presumably well placed, creating depth and complexity.
"I try to have my own view of colour. I distrust all theories."