Par la force des choses

On the occasion of the 16th contemporary contrepoint at the Musée de l’Orangerie, Alexandre Lenoir presents four previously unseen paintings as part of the exhibition “Par la force des choses.”

Four Eyes Éditions is pleased to present the artist’s second publication, conceived as a work of art accompanying the exhibition. The publication is extended by a unique collector’s edition, composed of studio fragments—direct imprints of the pictorial process.

The publication is conceived as an essential object, designed as a true immersion into the works. It privileges details and fragments reproduced at a 1:1 scale, offering the reader the experience of being “within the painting.” This approach reveals the deeply embodied and material dimension of the artist’s work, turning the book into a living extension of the exhibition.

Images of Alexandre Lenoir in his Paris studio, shot on film and in black and white during the making of the works, will complement this “journey into the painting” and bear witness to the artist’s creative process.

Several texts by authors important to Alexandre Lenoir will enrich the publication, offering cross perspectives from three cultures (French, American, and Chinese): the first by Liang Dong (China), researcher, philosopher, and specialist in Chinese culture; the second by Sophie Eloy (France), exhibition curator at the Musée de l’Orangerie; the third by Michel Brière (France), theologian, philosopher, and priest of the Diocese of Paris working within the art world; and a fourth text, written by an American author, will be announced at the end of March.

The publication will be trilingual—French, English, and Mandarin—reflecting the artist’s ties to Paris, New York, and Shunde (mainland China).