About Darius

Who is Darius ?

In his mother's studio, where the most beautiful tapestries in the world are made, in daily contact with the works of the greatest artists - Klee, Picasso, Chagall, Ernst, Matta ... he devloped from childhood an overwhelming desire to paint, a desire wich gradually gained direction. Today he is imbued with a passion for painting.

Coming from Belgium, a country of great artistic traditions, nourished by his family environment, Darius chose his voice and his style very quickly.

Among his recent works, the large Bull-fighting compositons evoke Picasso, of course, but his gigantic figures frozen in their own silence refer to the great classical period of Picasso in the twenties.

His " corridas " are not bloody, so deep is this silence as it is further emphasized by the paint's absorbant thickness.

It is as if his compositons are suspended in the time. The controlled force wich radiates from his figures and their postures, thier monumentality within the constrictions of the canvas, even in small format, evoke sometimes the theatricality of certain frescos of Diego Rivera or of Siqueiros. But, unlike the works of these two great Mexican masters, they are purified of all folklore. They are not tied to any locality or to any period. Their themes are as universal and timeless as love.

Darius is indifferent to fashions, - free figuration, trans-avant-garde and others. His message is eternal for he speaks of romanticism, of lovers, of work and life in the fields, of the world of birds, of the game of love and death that is the " corrida ". And even there, he transcends the idea of the inevitability of death by infusing his paintings with life, love and love of life.

He surrounds his figures and animals with mystery in order to emphasize this classicism, in order to set them off from us in space and time. But also in order to protect them, for is clear that he loves them . They are not elements of a compostition, but exist in their own right like his friends and members of his family. As such they have a right to his protection and tenderness.

Paul Haim

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Personal Exhibitions

  • 1976 Bastion Saint-Andre, Antibes, France
  • 1978 Biennale de Menton, France
  • 1976 1977 Centre Culturel, Marcinelle, Belgium
  • 1978 Centre Culturel, Charleroi, Belgium
  • 1983 Centre Culturel de Parly 2, Le Chesnay, France
  • 1985 Musee Municipal de Saint-Paul de Vence, France
  • 1985,1988,1991,1996,1997 Galerie des Remparts, Le Mans, France
  • 1986 Eldes Gallery, Paris, France
  • 1990 Musee Max Berk, Heidelberg, Finlande
  • 1992 Institut Francais d'Helsinki, Finlande
  • 1993 Metamorphoses Gallery, Montargis, France
  • 1993,1994,1995 Apomixie Gallery, Paris, France
  • 1999 Kono Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1999 Foreign Correspondent's Club in Tokyo, Japan
  • 2000 Bokushin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2000 Gallery Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
  • 2001 Galerie des Rampart, Le Mans, France
  • 2001-2003 Exhibitions organized by Jane Kahan Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2003 Nagai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2004 Saka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2004 Nagai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2004 Orangerie, Jardin Bagatelle of Kawazu Shizuoka-ken, Japan
  • 2005 Isetan Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2006 Art Fair - Spring & Fall, Shangai, China
  • 2006 Gallery Bund 66, Shangai, China
  • 2006 Nagai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2007 Yokohama Center Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
  • 2007 (December) Isetan Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

  • 1979 Biennale de Biset, France
  • 1982,1983,1984 Salon des Independants, Paris, France
  • 1982 Salon des Artistes Francais, Paris, France
  • 1982 Monte-Carlo Gallery, Soft-Art, Charleroi, Belgium
  • 1983 Salon d'Automne, Paris, France
  • 1985 Brewster Gallery, New York, USA
  • 1987 "Carte Blanche" Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  • 1988,1989 Expositions Itinerante, Japan
  • 1990 FIAC Valence, Spain
  • 1990 "K" Gallery, Paris, France
  • 1996 Mairie de Ganderkesee, Basse Saxe, Germany
  • 1988-1996 Atelier Openning "Genie de la Bastille", Paris, France
  • 2007 (November) Yanagi Garo, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Public sales

  • Fondation National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (Pastels)
  • Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (Oil on canevas)
  • Musee Max Berk, Heidelberg, Allemagne (Oil on canevas)
  • Sokos Hotel, Helsinki, Finlande (Drawings)