Exposition solo Reliefs : Sophie Bloch

Sophie Bloch

Reliefs

15 October — 22 November 2026

LooLooLook Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Sophie Bloch as part of Une semaine de galerie, organized by the CPGA.

Between forms, a space of transformation

For her second solo exhibition at LooLooLook Gallery, after Bleu in 2023, Sophie Bloch presents Reliefs, a new stage in her research around ultramarine. For several years, the artist has explored blue as a space rather than a mere color. In her paintings, it hollows out, rises, shifts. The surface becomes the site of continuous movement, on the boundary between real landscape and imagined landscape.

The series Vagues, Ondes, Mégalithes, and Cimes bear witness to this evolution. A liquid form can progressively become mass, then relief; what seemed to belong to the water world ends up evoking the mountain. Depth becomes wave, wave becomes billow, billow becomes mass, mass becomes peak. It is in this transformation that the meaning of the title Reliefs lies: a geographical relief, but also a relief of matter echoing an inner depth.

With Sophie Bloch, the landscape does not precede the painting; it emerges through it. The brush moves through the oil, leaves streaks, hollows out certain areas, covers others. The gesture remains perceptible and gives the surface an almost tactile presence. From ultramarine, the artist brings forth a spectrum of shades ranging from deep blue to violet, cobalt to black. Light then comes to modify this perception. Depending on where one stands before the canvas, certain forms appear while others disappear. A mountain may seem to rise from a wave; depth may open in a surface thought to be flat. The works therefore do not yield their landscape immediately. They ask the gaze to take its time.

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Opening reception

Thursday 15 October 2026

18h — 21h

In the presence of the artist.

We would be delighted to welcome you for this official opening.

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Unique works.

Private appointments upon request.