Remy Rault

my way

The Artist

While the world may remember 1957 as the year Sputnik was launched into space, it is also, and perhaps not entirely coincidentally, the year Rémy Rault was born. With a passion for design and the arts, the future painter went on to study fine arts at Le Mans, in western France. His true creative period eventually took off in the early nineties
Exposure to urban art, and especially graffiti, had a seminal influence in liberating Rault’s artistic expression. Over time, and with more maturity, these elements helped open up a psychedelic universe combining the darkest and brightest hues and peopled by outlandish characters. Rémy Rault was born again!

His Work

Rault uses dazzling colors in an explosive, caustic and at times comic manner to depict unique images conjuring up America and its popular culture, myths, contradictions, extraordinary triumphs and fatalistic moods.
Since 1998 Rault’s work has been shown in many diverse galleries and locations. He has participated in several events and received support from influential sources (the Paris City Hall, the MAC contemporary art show, the Salon d’Automne, the French banks BICS and Banques Populaires, Forum des Sciences in Lille, Méridien Hotel, , etc.). His works have also been displayed at public cultural venues where a wide range of urban artists and performers converge: Ateliers de Ménilmontant, Maison des Métallos, Cabaret Culture Rapide, etc. There, “RR” was exposed to wall paining and was offered his first chance to work on murals in the Paris Ménilmontant district, where the works of such renowned artists as Cartier-Bresson, MissTic and Nemo have been featured.

Show

Glancing through the catalog of the MACparis 2007 contemporary art show, French fashion designer Alexandre Barthet was struck by the works of Rémy Rault. Wanting to meet the artist, he promptly contacted Rault and suggested they examine how he could help him. At Rault’s studio, he picked out Klin-Kqui, a painting that features several hats, and offered to put it up for auction in the fall of 2008, as part of a special sale conducted by the prestigious auctioneer Cornette de Saint-Cyr.
Klin-Kqui takes an ironic and humorous look at the aseptic universe of the pharmaceutical industry.