Paintings by Laetitia Guilbaud

The Treachery Of Images (La trahison des images 1928-29) is a painting by Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte, famous for its inscription Ceci n'est pas une pipe or this is not a pipe. The painting is not a pipe, but rather an image of a pipe. As Magritte himself commented: "Just try to stuff it with tobacco! If I were to have had written on my picture 'This is a pipe' I would have been lying.

At the Scuola Materna in Barga Giardino from the 19th to the 29th August there is an exhibition of paintings by the French artist Laetitia Guilband entitled Ceci n'est pas une pinup or this is not a pinup.

Get yourselves down to the gallery to see if Renè's comment still applies … these are not pinups they are paintings and drawings although they do have a strong leaning towards French Bande Dessinée, the drawn comic strip with the delineating black lines around the figures and perimeter of the canvases but the poses of the subject matter, often semi naked, do push the pinup part of the title of the exhibition. You decide how far.

EXHIBITIONS

Galleries/Culturals events/Restaurants, Bars & Clubs.

2007 :
-Exhibition in the « Bonhams » festival in Edimbourgh/Scotland
-Exhibition in « Canvas », bar lounge in Glasgow/Scotland
-Exhibition in the « Arteries Galleries » Gallery in Glasgow/Scotland

2006 :
-Exhibition in the restaurant « Le QG » in Nantes/France
-Exhibition in the club « Le Carmin » in la Roche-sur-yon/France
-Exhibition in the bar lounge « Le K.fé’in » in Nantes/France
-Permanent Exhibition in the bar « Le Saint Germain » in Rennes/France
-Exhibition in the Art gallery « les olonnes » in olonne-sur-mer/France
-Exhibition to the « Arteries Galleries » in Glasgow/Scotland
-Exhibition in « The Practice Gallery » in Glasgow/Scotland

2005 :
-Exhibition in the bar « Le Bahia Bar » in Nort-sur-erdre/France
-Exhibition in the restaurant and bar expo « l’Avano » in St Gilles X de Vie/France
-Exhibition in the bar « Le sloop » in Saint Gilles X de Vie/France
-Exhibition in the bar « Bar des artistes » in la Roche-sur-yon/France
-Exhibitions for the performance called « Esquisses d’été » (sketches summer) in « la maison des artisans » of la Roche-sur-yon/France in the frame of « coquines esquisses »(scamps sketches) : erotics readings read by professionals actors
-Lounge of collective art « printemps des arts 2005 » in Sion sur l’océan/France organized by the association « Art & Signature »
-First prize for the concours of « Printemps d’ère libre » in the paintings category in Challans/France organised by the association called « ère libre »
-Exhibition at the secondary school of René Couzinet in Challans/France on the subject of the women artists
-Exhibition at the tourist office of Challans/France

2003/2004:
-Exhibition in the bar « Bar des artistes » in la Roche-sur-yon/France
-Exhibition in the restaurant and bar « l’Avano » in St Gilles X de Vie/France
-Exhibition in the bar « Le sloop » in Saint Gilles X de Vie/France
-Exhibition called « 3ème marché de la peinturlure », art lounge in Le Poiré sur vie/France. Manifestation for cultural and humanitarian purpose in favour of Madagascar.
-Exhibition at the tourist office of Soullans/France
-Exhibition at « Pastel Cadre », shop of arts and frames in Challans/France.
-Exhibition at the cinéma of Sion/France with the association of « Lez’arts ménestrels ».

2002 :
-Exhibition in the bar « Les Scandaleuses » in Paris/France

Magazines

-Appearance in the « Glasgow Galleries Guide » october, november, december 2006 and january, february, march 2007.