Fabienne Verdier (1962), Méandre , 2015, acrylic on canvas mounted on wooden panel, signed, dated and titled on reverse, 90x160 cm Provenance: Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, 16 January 2018, ref. C15-5318 Fabienne Verdier (1962) - "Méandre Fabienne Verdier is a leading figure in contemporary art who has exhibited her work in prestigious venues including the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris and the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art. She is renowned for her unique visual language, which fuses abstraction and gestuality, while incorporating oriental influences and modern techniques. Inspired by her formative years in China, where she studied calligraphy and traditional painting, her work explores the profound relationship between the energy of gesture, nature and creative intuition, and is part of a wider approach that questions the links between physical and metaphysical forces. Méandre is an emblematic work, created in 2015, which explores the fluidity of gesture and the interconnection between abstraction and nature. Using acrylic on canvas, the artist creates a vibrant, almost palpable dynamic through an effect of depth and layering. The fluid forms are a physical translation of the circulation of invisible or natural forces and elements that govern the universe. In this painting, creative energy is superimposed on the natural movement of watercourses in a sinuous symbiosis that reflects its title, Méandre, and captures an intimate vision of the world and the universe devoted to the perpetual search for balance between matter and energy. A first on the market, this work from a private collection was acquired directly from the renowned Galerie Alice Pauli, which represented the artist exclusively for several years and played an important role in her career.