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MAURITIAN ARTIST - ARTISTE MAURICIEN

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Welcome to my website


I am a Mauritian artist inspired by my island in the Indian Ocean. Born in Mauritius in 1968, I've spent my life near its beautiful beaches and lush tropical vegetation. My artistic journey began at 16, and I have continually explored the art world.

My love for my island shapes my work. Since 2003, I’ve developed my unique painting style characterised by geometric shapes and bright colours, which aims to paint happiness amid the world's gloom.

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About me

"Courage and kindness, always."

My name is Pascal Lagesse. I am a Mauritian artist. It was in 2003 that I started working on a very colourful style of painting, accompanied by geometric shapes. The use of graphics in the Zafer style stems in part from a simplification of the painter Vincent Van Gogh's touches. The spirals and circular shapes that we find in his painting “Starry Night” and the almost geometric shapes of the painting “Dandelion Meadow” caught my attention and I wondered what a painting would look like in which these touches of paint were simplified. This is how I started making paintings with circles, spirals, squares, triangles, lines and dotted lines.

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"Zaferizing" against the current : Hoping for a National Art Gallery

I have always believed that painting is a way of transforming darkness into light. My work—what I call the Zafer style—was born from that need. A need to take what is heavy, complex, sometimes painful, and turn it into something vibrant, colourful, almost joyful. Not to deny reality, but to reshape it and to breathe hope into it.

 

And yet, to be an artist in Mauritius is to constantly face a paradox…

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My studio in Curepipe

In the heart of Curepipe, my painting studio stands as a sanctuary of creativity. Filled with colors and brushes, it's where art comes alive. Step inside and be captivated by the magic of my creations on canvas. Welcome to my world of artistic expression. (Only by appointment)

Pascal Lagesse studio in Curepipe, Mauritius

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