3 noisettes dans le ciel 1972

Jean Messagier created this painting, "3 noisettes dans le ciel," using fluid brushstrokes of color. His artistic journey unfolded during a period marked by significant social and political change in France following the Second World War. Messagier’s work often hovers between abstraction and figuration, reflecting a broader negotiation of identity and place in a rapidly changing world. This piece may remind you of a flower, but the title tells us that there are 'three hazelnuts in the sky'. What does it mean to see a common object in an uncommon place? What emotions might this evoke? Messagier once said, "Painting is a perpetual discovery, a continuous questioning." In his art he refrains from prescribing fixed narratives; he invites us to explore the shifting boundaries between representation and abstraction. Ultimately, "3 noisettes dans le ciel" encourages a personal dialogue, urging us to find our own meanings within the textured interplay of color and form.