Malo Chapuy

The images that animated places of worship or palaces in the late Middle Ages and Western Renaissance seem to have crossed the centuries to land in the works of Malo Chapuy.

A graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris since 2022, the artist is interested in medieval liturgical works and illuminated manuscripts. Fascinated by their aesthetics, he seeks to adopt the eye and technique of a 14th-century painter, while bringing in his own contemporary references. Particularly sensitive to the concept of anachronism, Malo Chapuy brings together in the same composition characters drawn from the religious repertoire with buildings inspired by modernist and industrial architecture.

In 2023, Private Choice presents its series of Water Castles at the "Projet d'été" exhibition, in collaboration with Le 33 in Marseille.This work, inspired by the photographs of the Bernd & Hilla Becher couple, is accompanied by two oils on wood depicting Le Corbusier's architecture. Malo Chapuy subtly creates a trompe-l'œil with his perspective work and gold highlights, which he repeats in a meticulous series of illuminations on parchment.

Referring to the image-objects of the time, he also applies this iconography to supports as atypical as they are contemporary (motorcycle helmets, brand-name shoes, etc.), turning them into anachronistic relics. The anniversary edition of Private Choice will feature exclusive creations and a new series of paintings on wood, populated with medieval and cinematic references to Fritz Lang's 1927 science-fiction film Metropolis.

In June 2022, Malo Chapuy was the winner of the Agnès B des amis des Beaux-Arts prize, which aims to associate a future graduate of the school with a patron of the arts.