Valentin Van der Meulen

(b 1979, France. Lives and works in Paris)

”˜It is in his ability to combine the graphic project with the chosen image that Valentin van der Meulen reveals his mastery of drawing: the same force that emerges from the drawing is in the gesture and the look. Often the drawings of sculptors testify how they will use stone; wood; we think here about Baselitz or Dodeigne. The same weight of the hand is printed in the material. Valentin van der Meulen is not a sculptor; but his drawing manages to give a real presence in space to the image.' - Paul Hervé Parsy Curator; ex Director of Château d'Oiron and the collections of Centre Georges Pompidou