Olivier Suire Verley One Man Show

Always looking for new lights, Olivier travels often, to Italy (Rome, Venice), Vietnam, Morocco, Spain, Egypt, Mauritius — and he is once again coming to New England. He shows throughout France, in China, Japan and, in the United States, exclusively at the Addison Art Gallery. His work is featured in multiple books and films.

Artist’s Statement: My first inspiration remains the human being and its environment, its connivance; small scenes of life become exceptional if one knows how to pay attention to them. Fleeting lights and movement, dynamics, our hesitations that give a meaning to life.

I love the Addison Art Gallery. The eclecticism of Helen’s choices, the friendliness of her collector friends, their loyalty and courage to open themselves to less conventional art forms. I too live on a coast: that of an Atlantic island, Île de Ré; its charms, for those who know, could be confused with those of Cape Cod. Light, sand dunes, that “islander” character imposed on us by geography, that seafarers’ solidarity, and the endless sky that opens heart and mind. Helen and I have been working together since 2005. I hope this exhibition will be as lively and full of spontaneity as the previous eight!