PAYS SAGE, 1991

White and colored paper, ink, pencil and pastel drawing
14 collages: 48 x 33 cm
5 drawings: 48 x 33 cm

Collection Bert Theis Archive, Luxembourg / Milan

Pays sage 4

Collage

Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey

Pays sage 4

Collage

Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey

At the crossroads between random signs and geometric compositions, Pays sages assembles a corpus of Bert Theis’ drawings and collages. Theis produced these sketches in Italy between 1990 and 1992, while studying at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.

Like a travel journal made up of delicate signs, this ensemble of fourteen collages and five drawings on paper render the artist’s poetic and emotional response to his natural surroundings.

Pays sage 1
Collage
Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey

Pays sage 2
Drawing
Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey

Pays sage 4
Drawing
Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey

Pays sage 2
Collage
Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey

Pays sage 3
Collage
Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey

Pays sage 5
Collage
Courtesy Bert Theis Archive / Galerie Erna Hecey