Look up! (2025) Painting by Aurore Labre

Aurore Labre is a contemporary painter born in the Alps in 1982, currently living on Reunion Island. Her work is deeply inspired by the island’s unique and diverse environment, which is shaped by a cosmopolitan population formed through centuries of both voluntary and forced migration.

Red is a dominant feature in Labre's paintings, allowing her to express the complexity and ever-changing nature of her emotions and thoughts. The color represents a spectrum of feelings, from passion and laughter to anger, determination, and even shyness. Red becomes a symbolic thread connecting all her characters, transcending cultural, generational, and emotional differences. While red immediately captures attention, a closer look reveals a broader spectrum of skin tones—black, white, pink, yellow, and red—across her portraits.

Labre's art aims to bring together the diverse range of human experiences and backgrounds, using skin color as a medium to unite, reconcile, and celebrate cultural diversity, history, and shared humanity. Through her work, she seeks to erase distinctions and foster a sense of connection.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1982
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists