A WORK, A STORY
It was in 1995 that Christian Girault visited the south of Bolivia where the desert landscapes are sometimes mind-blowing. He didn't know it at the time, but part of these deserts is called the Dali Desert, due to the improbable shapes of its rocks, reminiscent of elements from Salvador's paintings.
Working in IT and the banking sector, it was only in 2008 that Christian Girault decided to change his life to devote himself to his first passion: painting. His approach is original and he works mainly on photographic compositions that he creates as a storyboard prior to the work. He defines himself as a "filmmaker on canvas", as the script is generally the driving force behind the action that will follow on the canvas.
Being able to let an idea settle in his mind for a year and take it up again at the appropriate time, it therefore became obvious to him to associate this Bolivian landscape with Dali. It is in homage to the genius, but also to the impertinent side of Dali, from where his theatrical presence and frankly surrealist on the fabric. Like a real "filmmaker on canvas", he plays with the black and white of the landscape and the color of the rock. But Dali, should it be in color or in black and white? What could color bring to a surrealist appearance by Dali? Ultimately, the fact that young Dali was alive at the time of the black and white photo meant that he was represented in black and white. It remained to find the link between him and the rock ...
Nicolas Sarazin
