DESERTS

In 1997, GRATALOUP undertook an important series on the theme of Deserts.

On his return from Lacanau, where Milena has just bought a small house on the seafront, he brings back to Paris sandbags collected on the beach. The sand of Lacanau is extremely fine, similar to a powder.

From that date, he frequently integrated it into his paintings,
thus enriching his pictorial technique.

In this series of Deserts, the sand is omnipresent and blends with the warm colors of the prism, yellow, orange and red, deserts.

This series includes a strong symbolic impact with, often, the presence of the tent of the Prophet. It is an evocation of the hermit, the hermitage, asceticism, silence, meditation.

"Sand is the smallest visual part possible. There is a correlation between this sand and the particle vision of what you can guess. These invisible particles suggest emptiness and fullness, for example for a human body. But it is also the relationship between the real and the invisible. It’s a metaphorical world."

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The “DESERTS” series includes 51 works.

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WHITE LANDSCAPE
2001

GRATALOUP — Large desert with luminous ray - diptych part 1

LARGE DESERT WITH LUMINOUS RAY - DIPTYCH PART 1
1998

GRATALOUP — LARGE DESERT WITH LUMINOUS RAY - diptych part 2

LARGE DESERT WITH LUMINOUS RAY - DIPTYCH PART 2
1998

EX ORIENTE LUX
1997

GRATALOUP — EX ORIENTE LUX (part 1 of the triptych)

EX ORIENTE LUX (PART 1 OF THE TRIPTYCH)
1996

GRATALOUP — EX ORIENTE LUX (Part 2 of the triptych)

EX ORIENTE LUX (PART 2 OF THE TRIPTYCH)
1996

GRATALOUP — EX ORIENTE LUX (Part 3 of the triptych)

EX ORIENTE LUX (PART 3 OF THE TRIPTYCH)
1996

TRIPTYCH EX ORIENTE LUX
1996

COUPLE IN THE DESERT
1996

TENT OF THE PROPHET
1996

LIGHT IN DESERT
1996

SMALL PROPHET’S TENT
2009
— Private collection —

PROPHET'S TENT
2006
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Small Prophetic Landscape with a Golden Arch

SMALL PROPHETIC LANDSCAPE WITH A GOLDEN ARCH
2004
— Private collection —

BYGONE TIMES
2002
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Small white desert - diptych

SMALL WHITE DESERT - DIPTYCH
2001
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Small tent in black desert - diptych

SMALL TENT IN BLACK DESERT - DIPTYCH
2000
— Private collection —

DESERT MATRICIA
1998
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Landscape with a Chromatic Sky – Diptych

LANDSCAPE WITH A CHROMATIC SKY – DIPTYCH
1998
— Private collection —

PI
1998
— Private collection —

ALONE
1998
— Private collection —

DESERT
1998
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Night in the Desert with the Prophet’s Tent

NIGHT IN THE DESERT WITH THE PROPHET’S TENT
1997
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Landscape with Archaic Texts - diptych

LANDSCAPE WITH ARCHAIC TEXTS - DIPTYCH
1997
— Private collection —

DESERT TRIPTYCH
1997
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Symbolic triptych : meditation, life, hourglass

SYMBOLIC TRIPTYCH : MEDITATION, LIFE, HOURGLASS
1997
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — A Halt in the Desert- diptych

A HALT IN THE DESERT- DIPTYCH
1997
— Private collection —

GOLDEN TENT
1997
— Private collection —

EVENING IN THE DESERT
1997
— Private collection —

METRIC PYRAMID
1997
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — SAND NIGHT AND DAY (Right part of the diptych)

SAND NIGHT AND DAY (RIGHT PART OF THE DIPTYCH)
1997
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — SAND DAY AND NIGHT (left part of the diptych)

SAND DAY AND NIGHT (LEFT PART OF THE DIPTYCH)
1997
— Private collection —

BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE DESERT
1997
— Private collection —

SAND LANSCAPE
1997
— Private collection —

DOOR IN THE DESERT
1997
— Private collection —

TENT IN THE DESERT
1997
— Private collection —

HALT IN THE DESERT 1
1997
— Private collection —

HALT IN THE DESERT 2
1997
— Private collection —

DESERT SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPE
1997
— Private collection —

SAND WIND
1997
— Private collection —

SMALL TENT IN DESERT
1997
— Private collection —

TENT IN THE DESERT
1997
— Private collection —

RAINBOW
1997
— Private collection —

DOOR IN THE DESERT
1997–2012
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Small acrobat in desert - diptych

SMALL ACROBAT IN DESERT - DIPTYCH
1996–2001
— Private collection —

THE ROPE
1996
— Private collection —

HOGGAR BLUE
1996
— Private collection —

TENT IN THE DESERT
1996
— Private collection —

TWO TENTS IN DESERT
1996
— Private collection —

DESERT DIPTYCH
1996
— Private collection —

WOMEN OF SAND
1988
— Private collection —

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DESERTS

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