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Maxime Verdier

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Jardin Secret, 2025
Jardin Secret, 2025
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2025002
La sieste, 2025
La sieste, 2025
Coloured pencil on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and titled at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2025003
L'or véritable, 2025
L'or véritable, 2025
Painted wood, painted polymer clay, cardboard, magnets
50 x 24 x 17,5 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2025001
Cache-cache, 2024
Cache-cache, 2024
Color pencils on paper
96 x 64 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024015
À l'aventure !, 2024
À l'aventure !, 2024
Color pencils on paper
44 x 55 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024021
Primum non nocere, 2024
Primum non nocere, 2024
Color pencils on paper
33 x 27 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024029
Les hautes herbes, 2024
Les hautes herbes, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024028
The Answer, 2024
The Answer, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024017
Microcosmos, 2024
Microcosmos, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024026
Minuit merveille, 2024
Minuit merveille, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
signed and dates on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024024
Space Cowboy, 2024
Space Cowboy, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024025
Les ailes du coeur, 2024
Les ailes du coeur, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024027
Dans les nuages, 2024
Dans les nuages, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024019
Vagabond, 2024
Vagabond, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024020
La règle du jeu, 2024
La règle du jeu, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024016
Zénith, 2024
Zénith, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024022
Promenade vespérale, 2024
Promenade vespérale, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024010
Ce qui nous guide, 2024
Ce qui nous guide, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024018
Solaris, 2024
Solaris, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024011
Clair de lune, 2024
Clair de lune, 2024
Color pencils on paper
27 x 33 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024014
À ta belle étoile, 2024
À ta belle étoile, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and titled at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024012
Joy Boy, 2024
Joy Boy, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024013
Grincements, 2024
Grincements, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Dated and signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024006
Le bulleur, 2024
Le bulleur, 2024
Color pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024009
Slow Motion, 2023
Slow Motion, 2023
Wood, resin, polymer clay, cardboard, paint
42 x 20 x 20 cm
© Martin Argyroglo
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023023
Esprit, es-tu là ?, 2023
Esprit, es-tu là ?, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023007
La jeune fille à la perle, 2023
La jeune fille à la perle, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023015
La ronde de nuit, 2023
La ronde de nuit, 2023
Wood, resin, polymer clay, paint
30 x 21,5 x 12 cm
© Martin Argyroglo
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023024
Le brasier, 2024
Le brasier, 2024
Colored pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024003
La pépite, 2023
La pépite, 2023
Colored pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023019
Le souffle, 2023
Le souffle, 2023
Colored pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023021
Le plus beau des combats, 2024
Le plus beau des combats, 2024
Colored pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024005
Le besoin de l'infini, 2023
Le besoin de l'infini, 2023
Colored pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023020
Voyager, 2024
Voyager, 2024
Colored pencils on paper
42 x 35 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2024001
Le Noctambule, 2023
Le Noctambule, 2023
Wood, synthetic fur, acrylic resin, fiberglass, polymer clay, colored pencil drawings on paper, wire, LED strip, scratches, acrylic, ink
132 x 108 x 56 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023004
L'intrus, 2023
L'intrus, 2023
Painted wood, painted polymer clay
35 x 30 x 22 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023006
Le miel des songes, 2023
Le miel des songes, 2023
Wood, resin, ceramic, cardboard, acrylic, colored pencils on paper
37,5 x 19,5 x 22 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023003
Doppelgänger, 2023
Doppelgänger, 2023
Wood, cardboard, polymer clay, glitter, polyurethane resin, nylon thread, acrylic, kraft paper
130 x 95 x 29,5 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023005
Stardust, 2023
Stardust, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023013
Contre vents et marées, 2023
Contre vents et marées, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023017
A la folie, 2023
A la folie, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023018
Le vent nous portera, 2023
Le vent nous portera, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023009
L'échappée belle, 2021
L'échappée belle, 2021
Color pencils on paper
45 x 32 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021016
L'apparition, 2021
L'apparition, 2021
Color pencils on paper
45 x 32 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021014
L'Azur endormi, 2021
L'Azur endormi, 2021
Color pencils on paper
45 x 32 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021015
La parabole des amis, 2023
La parabole des amis, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Dated and signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023001
La mer de la tranquillité, 2023
La mer de la tranquillité, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Dated and signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023002
Nighthawk, 2021
Nighthawk, 2021
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021013
Les sables mouvants, 2021
Les sables mouvants, 2021
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021012
Les griffes de la nuit, 2021
Les griffes de la nuit, 2021
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021007
Ghost in the Shell, 2023
Ghost in the Shell, 2023
Graphite on paper
32 x 24 cm
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2023014
L'empire des sens, 2022
L'empire des sens, 2022
Graphite on paper
Signed and dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2022003
Melancholia, 2022
Melancholia, 2022
Colored pencils on paper
96 x 64 cm
Titled, dated and signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2022001
Tout est flou !, 2021
Tout est flou !, 2021
Color pencils on paper
100 x 65 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021002

In Tout est flou ! Maxime Verdier evokes the way in which myopia has influenced his way of seeing the forms that surround him since his adolescence. Discovered late in life, this vision defect has led him to imagine the world differently. The artist enjoys juxtaposing autobiographical elements with strange forms in a chimerical landscape that unfolds on the space of the sheet.

Le berceau des étendues, 2021
Le berceau des étendues, 2021
Colored pencils and dry pastels on paper
120 x 200 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021010
Le réconfort des lucioles, 2021
Le réconfort des lucioles, 2021
Colored pencils, dry pastels and oil pastels on paper
120 x 80 cm
Signed and dated on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021009
Spotlight, 2021
Spotlight, 2021
Colored pencils on paper
100 x 65 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021003

Spotlight is about the possibilities of evoking things behind appearances, the "why not" of objects, beings and moments when they are subject only to the rules of the imagination. On the wall of a house, the shadow of a monstrous form is drawn while two fingers seem to be trapped under a shutter, suggesting a presence that observes the scene. His childhood in the countryside allowed Maxime Verdier to populate his mind with creatures and ghosts that he thought he perceived in the ceiling beams and the foliage of the trees.

Le sentiment du pissenlit, 2021
Le sentiment du pissenlit, 2021
Acrylic painting on wood
60 x 44 cm
signed, titled, dated at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021001

Dans un esprit proche du surréalisme, Le Sentiment du Pissenlit, peinture acrylique sur bois réalisée spécialement pour les cinq ans de la galerie, s’offre aux spectateurs comme une énigme, un rébus à déchiffrer. Maxime Verdier invoque avec humour l’idée de la cinquième roue du carrosse en s’interrogeant sur la place à donner à l’inutile dans notre société actuelle. En effet, que se passe-t-il lorsque l’on décide de sortir de la finalité pratique ou profitable des choses qui nous entourent ? Lorsque l’on offre une chance à ce qui nous déplait, à ce qui est accessoire ou futile ? Peut-être que l’on ouvre alors une part de rêve, de nouveaux possibles, de nouvelles perspectives. Ce sentiment du pissenlit, c'est celui de la mauvaise herbe, celle qu'on arrache, qu'on jette alors qu'elle garde au fond d'elle-même de nombreuses vertus qui apparaissent lorsqu'on lui offre de l’attention.

Au fond du terrier, 2021
Au fond du terrier, 2021
Wood, polyurethane resin, metal rod, fabric, acrylic paint, magnets
67,5 x 40 x 25 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021005

Au fond du terrier is part of a series of models made of heterogeneous materials referring to real or fictitious places that cross the imagination and memories of Maxime Verdier. The work refers to Lewis Caroll's tale, Alice in Wonderland, and the burrow that Alice takes to enter a world where the rules governing space are upset. But the burrow is none other than the artist's former studio, embodying for him the place of all possibilities where reality is transformed by his thoughts and his hands. Taking the curtain that sheltered the neighboring studio and the exact measurements of the walls of the workroom, the artist transforms it into a mysterious space.

L'océan du possible, 2021
L'océan du possible, 2021
Wood, acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, metal, chain, tinted modeling clay, acrylic painting
100 x 40 x 32 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2021004

L'océan du possible is part of a series of models made of heterogeneous materials referring to real or fictitious places that cross the imagination and memories of Maxime Verdier. The work offers a contemporary version of the traditional genre of the Navy. In the form of a cocktail served in a coconut, the artist makes forms and materials collide to invent a space of freedom where play and dreams reign.

La fête est finie, 2020
La fête est finie, 2020
Wood, polyurethane resin, plexiglass, LED, plastic tubes, metal, misting, acrylic paint, electric wire, mirror
55,5 x 72,5 x 36 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020003

La fête est finie is part of a series of models composed of heterogeneous materials referring to real or fictitious places that cross the imagination and memories of Maxime Verdier. Here are mixed several elements from architectures inspired by the artist's daily life: the concrete of a high school courtyard, the tiles of public swimming pools, the bench of a secretarial waiting room, the gloomy colors of a village hall... With his back to the sky, a ghost, perhaps that of the artist, populates this non-place, concerned about having to choose a path to follow when leaving adolescence.

Incipit, 2020
Incipit, 2020
Wood, polyurethane resin, acrylic resin, glass, acrylic paint
102,7 x 41,5 x 28,5 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020002

Incipit is part of a series of models composed of heterogeneous materials referring to real or fictitious places that cross the imagination and memories of Maxime Verdier. The work evokes the first words of a book that introduce the perspectives of a larger story. The artist immerses the spectators in his childhood memories of school: the beige plastered corridor leading to the classroom where coats were stored, the imposing door and the gigantic window that could not be opened. It was during this period that Maxime Verdier filled his imagination with stories, dreams and creatures that he translates today in his plastic work.

Les Garçons de l'aurore, 2020
Les Garçons de l'aurore, 2020
Wood, polyurethane resin, metal, colored pencils, acrylic paint
55 x 100,2 x 32,5 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020004

Les Garçons de l'aurore is part of a series of models made of heterogeneous materials referring to real or fictitious places that cross the imagination and memories of Maxime Verdier. In this sculpture, the artist pays homage to nighttime strolls with friends in the four corners of his native Normandy: its villages, its paths and its fields. The artist also continues his research on light, that of dawn here, where the vapors of the night and the glow of a new day intermingle in a certain nostalgia.

La lueur de l'air, 2020
La lueur de l'air, 2020
Wood, acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, metal, fabric, LED, acrylic paint
146,5 x 40 x 34,5 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020001

La lueur de l'air is part of a series of models made of heterogeneous materials that refer to real or fictitious places that cross the imagination and memories of Maxime Verdier.  The artist is inspired here by a trapdoor located in the cellar of the house in which he grew up. He imagines that he unlocks it to give the spectators access to the entrails of this house and his life where fiction and reality, dreams and nightmares mix. The title refers to the light of the night sky, propagated by the Earth's atmosphere and which prevents the night from being entirely black, illustrating the way the artist works and sees the world, in search of apparitions and forms hidden in the recesses of his memories.

Hadal, 2020
Hadal, 2020
Color pencils on paper
14,5 x 18 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020011

In Hadal, Maxime Verdier delivers a hijacked version of the traditional nude of classical art. The skin of the character lying on the bed is none other than the sea, whose waves mingle with the folds of the sheets. The title of the work refers to the deepest ocean depths where total darkness and crushing pressure reign. It is a body fainted and transported to another place, ready to dive into the abyss of itself as if to travel beyond the trap door that opens the exhibition.

Le refuge, 2020
Le refuge, 2020
Color pencils on paper
18 x 14,5 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020007

Le refuge is a reproduction of a photograph of a street lamp located in front of the house where Maxime Verdier grew up. In the dark night and on a deserted country road, the blazing light appears as a reassuring and warm lighthouse. The drawing is also the memory of a place where the artist liked to come and think, lying in the greasy grass at the foot of the lamp post.

Paradisier, 2020
Paradisier, 2020
Color pencils on paper
14, 5 x 18 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020008

Paradisier is an allegory of the head as a nest on which an egg stands ready to hatch before flying away to the expanse of the sky. The title refers to the Asian birds known for their fabulous plumage and their inventiveness in seduction parades. The artist assimilates the egg placed on his head to a plastic idea that would germinate and unfold on different supports and through various creative techniques.

Le silence des ados, 2020
Le silence des ados, 2020
Color pencils on paper
14,5 x 18 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020009

Le silence des ados is a humorous reference to Thomas Harris' thriller, The Silence of the Lambs, and to the poster of its film adaptation that made the skull and crossbones butterfly species famous. In this drawing, Maxime Verdier evokes the relationship of teenagers to the adult world and questions the weight of rules and obligations. By replacing the butterfly's wings with a gesture of rebellion to the established order, the artist expresses the power of art to put back in place or on the contrary to disturb a univocal vision of the world.

Cosmic Dancer, 2020
Cosmic Dancer, 2020
Color pencils on paper
18 x 14,5 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2020010

Cosmic Dancer represents a character perched on stilts that serve as long views to explore the stratosphere. The title of the work is inspired by the most famous song of the rock band T.REX which marked the artist's adolescence and which he appropriates in his work. Maxime Verdier presents himself as an explorer traveling through unreal spaces. His plastic work allows him to extend his vision, to project himself beyond the limits.

Le plaisir coupable, 2019
Le plaisir coupable, 2019
Acrylic on wood
7 x 5,5 in.
Signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019013
L'eau dans mon vin, 2019
L'eau dans mon vin, 2019
Acrylic on wood
7 x 5,5 in.
Signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019012
Les éclats diurnes, 2019
Les éclats diurnes, 2019
coloured pencil on paper
40 x 30 cm
Titled, dated and signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019002

Oeuvre intime et auto-référencée, Les éclats diurnes représente un dos constellé de taches de rousseur. Par l'utilisation de la couleur doré dans leur représentation, l'artiste fait de cette particularité un motif de sublimation du corps et non plus de stigmatisation, tout en lui insufflant une dimension surnaturelle.

Sous le vernis, 2019
Sous le vernis, 2019
Coloured pencil on paper
12,5 x 9,8 inch
Signed, titled, dated on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019003

Sous le vernis ravive une vision propre à l'enfance de l'artiste à la campagne: le petit garçon imaginait derrière les phénomènes acoustiques typiques des maisons anciennes une présence cachée. L'oeuvre joue ainsi sur la mince frontière entre l'imaginaire et le réel, l'inexistant et le non visible, ainsi qu'entre l'inquiétant et le fascinant.

La conquête des peines, 2019
La conquête des peines, 2019
Coloured pencil on paper
40 x 30 cm
Titled, dated and signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019004

La conquête des peines est une réflexion personnelle sur l'échec et la souffrance. Les épreuves, loin de susciter l'effondrement, deviennent ici la source d'un jardin luxuriant, comme une manière de figurer un épanouissement puisé dans le labeur et le dépassement de soi.

L'homme-silex, 2019
L'homme-silex, 2019
Coloured pencil on paper
12,5 x 9,8 inch
Titré, daté et signé au dos
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019005
La prière du soir, 2019
La prière du soir, 2019
Coloured pencil on paper
40 x 30 cm
Titled, dated and signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019007
Le cours des choses, 2019
Le cours des choses, 2019
Acrylic on wood
18 x 14 cm
Signed at the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019008
Dans la peau, 2019
Dans la peau, 2019
Acrylic on wood
7 x 5,5 in.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019009
Humeur parisienne, 2019
Humeur parisienne, 2019
Acrylic on wood
7 x 5,5 in.
Signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019010
La frontière, 2019
La frontière, 2019
Acrylic on wood
7 x 5,5 in.
Signed on the back
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. MV2019011

Born in Dieppe in 1991, Maxime Verdier lives and works in Paris. After graduating from the École Supérieure d'Art et Design Le Havre-Rouen, he went on to study at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, graduating in 2017 with honours. Maxime Verdier made a name for himself at the 64th Salon de Montrouge, and has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions in France. In 2023, he was the winning designer of the official poster for the French Open at Roland-Garros, entitled Terre d'étoiles.

His work is the embodiment in sculptures and drawings of a range of memories, emotions and events that are as striking as they are anecdotal. These combinations of references and meanings give rise to chimeras, both fairytale-like and disquieting, exhuming intimate narratives by making the invisible visible. Through the juxtaposition and confrontation of the real and the dreamlike, the lived and the phantasmagorical, or the dream and the nightmare, his work conjures up multiple universes and is therefore accompanied by a certain strangeness.


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