WHERE: Siddhartha Art Gallery Annexe, Baber Mahal Revisited
About the Artist
Pauline Driard discovered drawing by chance and fell in love
with it straight away. Sketches, watercolor, portraits,
improvisation, perspective, she tried different things, until
she encountered Zen painting - or Chan painting, sumi-e ink
painting - thanks to Jerome Edou, who became her master. He
taught her about bamboos, prunus trees, orchids, mountains,
and fog. Or its absence. The suggestion of the essence of life.
On her own, Pauline began exploring other techniques and
forms of painting through the figures of yaks first and then
birds. A whole world opened to her. This exhibition is all
about the interplay of ink and water: rice paper and
watercolor paper, classic Chinese brushes, pipettes and knife
techniques.