Exocet

Manolo Chretien, who was born on a French Air Force base in 1966, is fascinated by the industrial world, aeronautics in particular. Born from French astronaut Jean-Loup Chrétien, his work returns his childhood memories: a universe made of bright aluminium, hot tarmac and kerosene smells. It is essential to him to recapture the innocence of his vision as a child and to reveal the wonderment he felt. Determined to keep coherence between subject and material, Manolo uses a technique of fine art print on brushed aluminium, the metal used for the body of planes. He calls it Aluminations; a brilliant mix of illuminations, hallucinations and aluminium.