NEWS
Exhibition: "Who are we?"
May 31st - July 13th 2025
A journey of emotion
Take a stroll through the garden of Daubigny's Maison-Atelier and discover the monumental work by local artists Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier, which questions the visitor's social life and relationships with others.
The “visitor” is invited to move between the rows of the work, following a path suggested by the artists. As such, they become an integral part of the installation, forcing them to question both the meaning of the work of art, “perceived from within”, and their own experience, lived within it.
Take a stroll through the garden of Daubigny's Maison-Atelier and discover the monumental work by local artists Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier, which questions the visitor's social life and relationships with others.
The “visitor” is invited to move between the rows of the work, following a path suggested by the artists. As such, they become an integral part of the installation, forcing them to question both the meaning of the work of art, “perceived from within”, and their own experience, lived within it.
Une œuvre centrale
“Who are we?” places and re-interprets man (the viewer, the visitor) in his necessary social life and his relationships with others.
Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier's four-handed work is more than a monumental work of immersive art. Through the simplicity of its materials - steel, cloth and clay - the harmony of its organization, the symbolism of its cloths and sculpted heads, it takes on a timeless, universal dimension. It's also about connecting with the unified field of humanity. In this, we're in line with current research in quantum physics.
Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier's four-handed work is more than a monumental work of immersive art. Through the simplicity of its materials - steel, cloth and clay - the harmony of its organization, the symbolism of its cloths and sculpted heads, it takes on a timeless, universal dimension. It's also about connecting with the unified field of humanity. In this, we're in line with current research in quantum physics.
Le duo
Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier are two French artists from the Val d'Oise.
They met at an exhibition in 2016, and have been working together for five years.
They have exhibited together several times.
Their affinities, a similar artistic approach, a complementarity as artists, a shared desire to work on works whose main theme is the human, questioning human destiny, led them to co-create and pool their skills to create the installation.
They met at an exhibition in 2016, and have been working together for five years.
They have exhibited together several times.
Their affinities, a similar artistic approach, a complementarity as artists, a shared desire to work on works whose main theme is the human, questioning human destiny, led them to co-create and pool their skills to create the installation.
Presentation of Hélène Forgeait (Artist's website: https://helene-artiste.fr/)
A protean visual artist, she expresses her vision of humanity and its enigmas through drawing, engraving, painting and mixed media, sculpture, installation and photography.
She explores notions of humanism, the individual and universality. Her works vacillate between presence and absence, exaltation and despair, reality and nostalgia. Messengers of love, they invite dialogue and reflection on a fast-changing age in which the virtual and the real exist side by side. With freshness, they question human autonomy and destiny in a world of illusion and lack of meaning.
After working in audiovisual, cinema and communications for several years, she trained at the Centre Saint Charles, a school of visual arts and human sciences at the Sorbonne, graduating in 2013.
Hélène Forgeait exhibits in France and abroad, and runs courses in the Val d'Oise at her studio in Magny en Vexin and Mériel, as well as in corporate and school settings.
She sees working as a duo as a way of opening up and exploring artistic possibilities. Collaborative works complete “Homme Contemporain”.
She translates ideas and emotions into visual works of art, which can also be expressed conceptually. Her creative process takes into account various parameters, such as sociology, philosophy and the environment, which are revisited by her sensibility.
Presentation of Laurent Chambirier (Artist's website : https://sculpture-buste.com/)
Laurent Chambrier has devoted himself exclusively to sculpture for the past ten years.
With a Steiner-Waldorf education and osteopathic parents, he grew up with a deep concern for the human body and soul.
He graduated from the CEFIPA engineering school in 2009 and worked in a design office.
After several years of evening classes in sculpture at La Butte aux Cailles (Natasha Mercier), at the Paris fine arts workshops (Philippe Jourdain), at the Duperré school (Philippe Seené) and at the Saint Fargeau workshop (Francine Auvrouin), sculpture became an obvious choice for him. He has developed a real passion for the living model.
In 2013 he set up his own studio in Boissy l'Aillerie, in the Val d'Oise, where he welcomes students for workshops. His main medium is clay, which he sculpts from live models.
As an artist, he places energy at the heart of his creative process.
He has found in co-creative work a way of expressing his ideas more forcefully.
A protean visual artist, she expresses her vision of humanity and its enigmas through drawing, engraving, painting and mixed media, sculpture, installation and photography.
She explores notions of humanism, the individual and universality. Her works vacillate between presence and absence, exaltation and despair, reality and nostalgia. Messengers of love, they invite dialogue and reflection on a fast-changing age in which the virtual and the real exist side by side. With freshness, they question human autonomy and destiny in a world of illusion and lack of meaning.
After working in audiovisual, cinema and communications for several years, she trained at the Centre Saint Charles, a school of visual arts and human sciences at the Sorbonne, graduating in 2013.
Hélène Forgeait exhibits in France and abroad, and runs courses in the Val d'Oise at her studio in Magny en Vexin and Mériel, as well as in corporate and school settings.
She sees working as a duo as a way of opening up and exploring artistic possibilities. Collaborative works complete “Homme Contemporain”.
She translates ideas and emotions into visual works of art, which can also be expressed conceptually. Her creative process takes into account various parameters, such as sociology, philosophy and the environment, which are revisited by her sensibility.
Presentation of Laurent Chambirier (Artist's website : https://sculpture-buste.com/)
Laurent Chambrier has devoted himself exclusively to sculpture for the past ten years.
With a Steiner-Waldorf education and osteopathic parents, he grew up with a deep concern for the human body and soul.
He graduated from the CEFIPA engineering school in 2009 and worked in a design office.
After several years of evening classes in sculpture at La Butte aux Cailles (Natasha Mercier), at the Paris fine arts workshops (Philippe Jourdain), at the Duperré school (Philippe Seené) and at the Saint Fargeau workshop (Francine Auvrouin), sculpture became an obvious choice for him. He has developed a real passion for the living model.
In 2013 he set up his own studio in Boissy l'Aillerie, in the Val d'Oise, where he welcomes students for workshops. His main medium is clay, which he sculpts from live models.
As an artist, he places energy at the heart of his creative process.
He has found in co-creative work a way of expressing his ideas more forcefully.
FLYER
POSTER
Exhibition : From studios to landscapes
from May to end of October
In line with this year's cultural season theme at Auvers: "The 150 years of Impressionism" we are delighted to present an exhibition showing the evolution of the artists' studios.
It shows the evolution of these places of artistic creation, from in studio to the outdoors, through documents related to Charles François Daubigny, his friends and other artists. Lithographs by Daumier, a famous caricaturist and very close friend of Daubigny and Corot, add a humorous touch to this exhibition.
Charles François Daubigny was fervently devoted to outdoor painting; he enjoyed painting en plein air in order to depict landscapes directly on the final canvas or wood plates.
He invented the boat-studio, a very effective way to position himself at key locations and capture nature from various angles. Thanks to a cabin, he was able to leave his studio and paint en plein air for several days at a time.
Several years later, Monet took up the idea, but did not navigate as much.
It shows the evolution of these places of artistic creation, from in studio to the outdoors, through documents related to Charles François Daubigny, his friends and other artists. Lithographs by Daumier, a famous caricaturist and very close friend of Daubigny and Corot, add a humorous touch to this exhibition.
Charles François Daubigny was fervently devoted to outdoor painting; he enjoyed painting en plein air in order to depict landscapes directly on the final canvas or wood plates.
He invented the boat-studio, a very effective way to position himself at key locations and capture nature from various angles. Thanks to a cabin, he was able to leave his studio and paint en plein air for several days at a time.
Several years later, Monet took up the idea, but did not navigate as much.
FLYER
Click on the below image to download the flyer
Click on the below image to download the flyer
CATALOG
Exhibition's caltalog exclusively on sale at the Daubigny's Studio-House.
This catalog is containing a print of all the documents exposed, with some comments from Christian Lassalle and few other documents.
Both English and French inside.
Exhibition's caltalog exclusively on sale at the Daubigny's Studio-House.
This catalog is containing a print of all the documents exposed, with some comments from Christian Lassalle and few other documents.
Both English and French inside.
POSTER
Meeting in the garden
June 7th and 8th 2025
During the two days of Meet in the Gardens international event, take a stroll through the garden of Daubigny's Maison-Atelier and discover the monumental work by local artists Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier, which questions the visitor's social life and relationships with others.
Big game-contest "Patrimoines en Poésie" 2025. 10th season
September - December 2025
Game-contest dedicated to childred from 8 to 12
Kick-off One saturday in September (not yet determined)
Come visit the Painter Charles François Daubigny's Studio-House and get inspiration from its decoration to build your poem (Exclusively in French) !
Many rooms can be source of inspiration for you to create a wonderful poem.
Game-contest "Patrimoines en poésie" from September to December 2025, organized by the Île-de-France region and the Drac Île-de-France.
Kick-off One saturday in September (not yet determined)
Come visit the Painter Charles François Daubigny's Studio-House and get inspiration from its decoration to build your poem (Exclusively in French) !
Many rooms can be source of inspiration for you to create a wonderful poem.
Game-contest "Patrimoines en poésie" from September to December 2025, organized by the Île-de-France region and the Drac Île-de-France.
Contest Kit soon available at the Studio-House
Dowload documents from the official web site (2022 data)
Bulletin d'inscription cadre familial
French Only
French Only
7 astuces pour écrire ton poème
French Only
French Only
Règlement du jeu-concours
French Only
French Only
Exhibition: "Imaginaries on the banks of the Oise"
September 13th-28th 2025
In keeping with the year's theme of the imaginary, 5 artists present their works in Daubigny's Maison-Atelier, from September 13 to 28, 2025.
Painting by Olivia Decorte
Présentation of Strait: (Source: https://strait-artist.com )
Strait was born in 1972 in L'Isle Adam. From his childhood, his passion for drawing awakened, naturally leading him to study applied arts at the prestigious Auguste Renoir high school in Paris. Subsequently, he embarked on higher studies as a visual artist of the architectural environment at the Duperré school.
At the end of the 1980s, he immersed himself in the graffiti movement and adopted the pseudonym “STRAIT”. His commitment to street art fuels his graphic design and his preference for large formats. As a theater designer for Club Med, he honed his artistic skills across the world, from Turkey to Israel to Cuba.
In 1997, wanting to strengthen his creative freedom, he founded his own clothing brand. At the same time, his passion for music led him to explore percussion, whose rhythmic energy inspires his paintings.
Inspired by his travels, Strait now merges figurative and abstract art, blending classical techniques and urban materials. He transposes his art onto various media across the globe, creating ephemeral works in chalk on different rocks. In 2009, this artistic exploration gave birth to an innovative concept, “Strait on the Rock”, accompanied by a first work.
Today, Strait shines in multiple exhibitions, performances and artistic events, constantly refining his style through the universal language of movement, color and energy.
Strait's Internet address : https://strait-artist.com
Presentation of Patrick Valmier: (Source: https://www.lesbodiables.fr/ARTISTES/P_VALMIER.html)
Born in Ecouen in 1953, Patrick Valmier grew up in an ever-changing environment, in a rural suburb close to Paris that gradually suffered the ravages of increasing urbanization.
A lover of nature and color, it was in Pont Aven - in contact with the artist Alexandre Minguet - that he decided to pick up his brushes for good. He improved his technique with an Écouen painter: Jean-Claude Vertongen, a friend he admired. At this time, he was looking for pure colors, inspired by the masters of Auvers and searching for his own style.
Self-taught and a collector in his spare time, his love of painting was an intense passion. As he progressed, he began to have doubts and gradually abandoned painting: although he found pleasure in it, he was unable to express himself with a style all his own. Faced with the pain of the recent loss of his mother, he took up painting again, at first as an outlet to finally reconnect with pure colors. In this way, he expresses and consoles himself.
Patrick's Internet address: http://patrickvalmier.free.fr
