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Polaris Gallery is pleased to present Marius Buet’s first exhibition: Toutes les choses sur terre (All Things on Earth) from Thursday 5 February to Saturday 21 March 2026.
The exhibition will feature a collection of paintings (oil on canvas) and several drawings.
Marius Buet was born in 1995. In 2022, he graduated from the Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Marius Buet’s work draws on multiple sources, creating a disconcerting and astonishing universe that combines figurative logic and pictorial enigmas.
He thus blends inspirations from diverse origins, whether literary, artistic, scientific or philosophical fragments. He thus blends inspirations from various sources, including literary, artistic, scientific and philosophical fragments. This
strange and ironic view of our world presents scenes that are often absurd and disorienting in their fantasy. However, the artist’s imagination
leaves the viewer free to decode and savour his messages.
Using familiar images, Marius Buet pushes the boundaries of the imagination and, while exploring the depths of the unconscious, opens up
new avenues in contemporary figurative painting. From the painting ‘L’Annonce faite à Marie’ (The Annunciation) to ‘La Chambre rouge’ (The Red Room) and ‘Cellule dormante’ (Sleeping Cell), the figurative forms, rich and luminous palette, and plain or detailed backgrounds play with opposites and the boundaries between reality and
illusion. It is a kind of comedy unique to the artist.
In the spirit of contemporary surrealism, Marius Buet’s art defies rational control and unfolds in a wide range of
figures inhabited by mysterious characters who are fortunately (or unfortunately?) almost impervious to any rational interpretation.
The artist thus reminds us that every painted image is a representation and not a copy of reality, and his magnificent work invites us to question this relationship. One of the young new French artists to watch