Art
and material : the artist‘s ways
Born
on February 5, 1963 in Amplepuis in Rhône-Alpes area, Didier Argentero initially
exerted his direction of creativity on the noble metals. It is with the making
of jewels since 1982 that he learned how to compose forms and dare the mixes.
Thanks to a training in computer skills, he discovers in 1996 two soft wares :
Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop. Fascinated, he devotes all his free time to master
those new tools. He senses those soft wares will enable him to develop his creativity
in an entirely new way, but he will have to wait till 2000 for the ideas to fall
into place, following a visit to the Lyon museum of Modern Art.
Reality,
from virtual to real
Didier
Argentero compares the new material he works on to smelting glass, whimsical,
sometimes unpredictable. He tames the virtual reality to draw the palette of his
imaginary. A shape, a sign are the starting point of this creative adventure where
his computer-mate often dazzles him by his responses. Didier Argentero never cesses
to wonder of the infinites variations proposed by this virtual material. The creation
is then published with the format painting.
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