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Max Dauphin was born in Luxembourg in 1977. Currently, the artist lives and creates in Dakar, Senegal, where he just opened an African series of paintings ''Ana Wa Kër Gui?'' Max Dauphin creates figurative art works, using mixed techniques and big formats. His paintings frequently reveal scenes of life illustrated with slogans and/or iconography. His subjects are inspired by his experience, current events and more generally his entourage. Following daily conversations, the artist projects the viewer's attention toward captivating characters, sometimes living on the brink of society. By matching these characters with improbable attributes, their apparent realism gives way to the imagination. During his periples, Max Dauphin works with a deliberate challenge: to use a local palette of available materials. The combination of colors and material highlights the playfulness of his characters and emphasizes the dynamism of his subjects. Like most children, his first contact with art took place while drawing with his father, a graphic designer, at the kitchen table. In the absence of his father, he continued to paint - a conversation prolonged throughout his career. During his studies in Marseille, France, Max Dauphin made contact with graffiti artists and dedicated himself to street art for a while. In parallel to his urban art-treks, he started showing his first paintings at the age of twenty-five. In 2005, Max Dauphin participated in a group exhibition with an art work entitled ''Dongo the Vulture'' illustrating West African poetry at the French cultural center in Rome, Italy. The same year, he also exhibited a series of portraits at the Luxembourg Embassy in Italy. In 2007, Max Dauphin opened a joint exhibition entitled ''Brush vs. Spray Can'' with graffiti artist Sumo at Konschthaus Beim Engel in Luxembourg. Max Dauphin's first solo show ''No Names'' was shown in Kulturfoyer, Saarbruecken, Germany in 2009. That year, the international competition Francophone games in Beirut, Lebanon, rewarded his painting ''Medusa's Raft'' with a special mention from the Jury. While living in Central Asia, the artist exhibited ''City Spirits'' at the Tsagaandarium Gallery in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. During his time in New York (2011-2013) Max Dauphin came up with an American collection. ''Original is not even a Flavor'' successfully premiered at Rockaway Beach Surf Club and was later shown on Lower East Side at ConArtist Gallery. File:Https,--commons.wikimedia.org-wiki-File,The Diver by Max Dauphin.JPG|The Diver ©MaxDauphin Solo Exhibitions 2015 ''Ana Wa Kër Gui?'' Atelier Céramiques Almadies, Dakar, Senegal 2013 ''Original is not even a Flavor'' ConArtist Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2011 ''City Spirits'' Tsagaandarium Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2009 ''No Names'' Kulturfoyer, Saarbruecken, Germany 2005 ''Portraits'' Ambassade du Luxembourg, Rome, Italy Group Exhibitions 2009 ''Radeau de la Méduse'' Beirut, Lebanon 2007 ''Brush vs Spray Can'' Konschthaus Beim Engel, Luxembourg 2005 ''Dongo le Vautour'' Centre Culturel Français, Rome, Italy Award 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie (Beirut, Lebanon) : Mention spéciale du Jury pour le ''Radeau de la Méduse'' ==References== #http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aktionen/2009/72-stunden-aktion/saarbruecken/art29268,4035742 #http://jeux.francophonie.org/-Portraits-d-artistes-.html?alpha=D 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Dauphin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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