About

Diane Benoit du Rey
Bruno Gadenne

'Mirages'

They both trained at the Strasbourg School of Decorative Arts (now called the HEAR), where they were classmates and became good friends. And yet, Diane Benoit du Rey and Bruno Gadenne’s respective approaches to painting are polar opposites.

For Diane Benoit du Rey, although she got there through depiction, her work is centred on the representation of light through abstract compositions where each colour reflects a movement. Calm, elegant, soothing, and inviting contemplation, her paintings paradoxically require an intense physical effort to …