Fun on grass (2025), Yvan Favre, Oil on Canvas, 100x120 cm
Key points
• A visual exploration of human emotions through the works of contemporary artists.
• From intense faces to childhood moments, a journey in three emotional rhythms.
• A collection that connects styles: photography, painting, expressionism, poetic realism.
• A clear common thread: understanding how emotions flow from one work to another.
There are exhibitions where the works appear to be lined up.
And then there are those where they talk to each other.
This collection belongs to the second category: a territory where emotions circulate between photographed faces, painted silhouettes, frozen bodies, childhood memories, bursts of light.
A journey where each work becomes a milestone, not isolated, but connected to the others by a tension, a breath or a rupture.
The faces that are cracking
"Faun's Rest in the Afternoon" (2025), Anastasiia Goreva, Oil on Linen Canvas, 90x105 cm
The journey begins with a series of faces that can no longer hide what they feel.
In Nico 's world, features are drawn, eyes blindfolded, faces contorted as if expelling a truth held back for too long. This raw photography doesn't simply depict a person; it captures the precise moment when emotion overflows the frame. Almost in echo, Annisa Anastasya 's portraits expose the wound without ever romanticizing it. Here, skin becomes living matter: one reads fatigue, wear and tear, but also that strange beauty that emerges when one ceases to conceal what hurts.
Further on, the blackened and distorted figures that Miro imagines are reminiscent of faces ravaged by conflict or traumatic memory. They resemble cracked masks, ready to collapse.
And when we move into the inverted and taut hues of Daniel Derderian , the expressions become almost abstract: two chromatic poles clashing within the same face, as if the soul itself were hesitating. This tension finally finds an intimate expression in Douglas Mutebi , where absent gazes, as if drawn out of the world, bear witness to a quieter but equally powerful inner turmoil.
Here, the faces are not portraits: they are revelations.
The floating bodies
Stop-point (2024), Janos Kujbus, Oil on Canvas, 163x196 cm
Then the emotions shift into gentler scenes, where bodies no longer resist: they settle, surrender, open up. In Davit Arstamyan 's work, a woman accompanied by her cat exudes an almost sacred calm. Nothing moves, and yet everything is alive: each detail tells of a secret connection between two beings. Audrey Ramsbacher 's translucent watercolor pushes emotion into the intangible: the figure seems to float, to dissolve into the paper, as if the sensation itself were seeking to remain discreet.
In Young Park's work, bodies occupy space with meditative precision. The artist captures that moment when solitude becomes a chosen posture rather than a passive state. Ksenia June , for her part, reveals pastel faces that seem to struggle to maintain their dignity despite rising emotion: a melancholic refusal, a "I'm still holding on." And when one enters Nicolas Maureau 's composition, it is a female figure suspended in water, between fall and rebirth, between legend and contemporary reality. A body on the verge of collapse.
These artists show us that emotions are not only visible in faces: they are inscribed in the shoulders, in the hands, in the way of holding space.
Fleeting moments
Ophelia (2021), Nicolas Maureau, Oil on Canvas, 97x130 cm
The journey shifts in pace. We leave behind tense faces and languid bodies: emotions begin to run, laugh, and leap. In Emmanuel Akanwa's work, children playing with water project raw joy. Each splash is a heartbeat. The photography is almost sonorous. A little further on, Yvan Favre paints the exact opposite: a woman lying in the grass, relaxed, happy for no reason. A quiet, intimate happiness, unpretentious.
Randall Steinke 's vibrant figures set friendship in motion: colors collide, gestures intersect, the painting pulses like a lively conversation. With Bin Xu , time stands still: a child and his father play ball, a simple yet eternal moment. Here, art becomes the memory of a gesture, a connection, a lightness we long to hold onto. Then Xidong Luo 's photographs open up the space: silhouettes against a vast, almost infinite horizon. Here, emotion is no longer an explosion: it is a liberation. A departure. A breath.
This journey doesn't oppose anything: it connects. Between faces that crack, bodies that float, and moments that fly away, a single thread runs: that of emotions seeking their form. Some explode, others collapse, others rest, others take flight.
They do not contradict each other: they complement each other.
The difference between solitude and loneliness. (2025), Young Park, Acrylic on Wood, 50x73 cm
FAQ
What brings such different works together in the same collection?
Their common thread is emotion. Each artist—whether it be Nico , Annisa Anastasya , Miro , Davit Arstamyan , Emmanuel Akanwa , and the others—explores a fragment of the senses. Together, their works compose a complete emotional landscape.
Why are faces and bodies so prominent?
Because emotions are inscribed there with the greatest intensity: tension, release, slackening, relaxation… Artists use features and postures as a silent language.
Is there a progression in the course?
Yes: the collection begins with strong and raw emotions, then softens into more intimate and contemplative scenes, and finally ends with moments of joy, movement, or flight.
What artistic styles can be found?
From fine art photography to expressionist painting, including watercolor, pastel drawing, or realistic scenes, each medium has its own way of making emotion tangible.
Who is this selection aimed at?
To all those who love art that speaks of life: amateurs, collectors, curious people, or simply visitors who wish to understand emotions in a way other than through words.
Nicolas Sarazin
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