Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form

Resonance in Form presents a sustained dialogue between two defining currents in Arnaud Quercy's artistic practice: the synesthetic translation of musical harmonics into chromatic fields, and the sculptural embodiment of narrative and myth. Gathering twelve signature works in a year-long online presentation, this permanent collection exhibition transforms the digital gallery into a contemplative space where sound becomes visible and story takes physical weight. The six paintings from the ongoing Synesthetic Explorations series anchor one axis of the installation, each canvas translating a specific musical key—from the radiant warmth of C Major to the nocturnal depths of A♭ Minor—into immersive color relationships derived from Quercy's chromesthetic perception.

The exhibition emerges from years of systematic research into the correspondences between musical intervals and color harmonies, building on traditions that stretch from Kandinsky's spiritual abstractions to contemporary neuroscientific investigations of cross-modal perception. Quercy's canvases do not illustrate music so much as they propose visual equivalents for its emotional and structural qualities: the tension of a minor second finds its analog in complementary hues pressed close together; the resolution of a perfect fifth opens into expansive gradients that seem to breathe. Each work carries a specific musical reference—Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Bill Evans, Stravinsky—yet the paintings stand independently as investigations into how color itself can produce sensations of consonance, dissonance, and temporal movement.

Opposite the chromatic canvases, six sculptural works ground the exhibition in material presence and mythic resonance. Dragon coils in patinated ceramic, an ember of legend made tangible; Grimoire stacks geometric volumes in rhodium glaze, suggesting ancient knowledge encoded in abstract form. The cubist domesticity of A Cat and "Gus," the Shih Tzu brings warmth and wit to the dialogue, translating familiar companions into faceted compositions that honor both observation and stylization. Quietness rises as a tapering ceramic column on steel, a meditation on stillness and containment, while La Mouette de Montparnasse arcs in stainless steel above the conceptual cityscape, a reminder that nature persists even in the most urbanized environments.

Installed without strict chronology, these twelve works create a perpetual conversation across media and meaning. The C Major canvas vibrates against the seagull's metallic wing; Dragon's shadow cools Rachmaninoff's reds; Grimoire's mirrored surface reflects colors borrowed from the Firebird's tail. The online format invites visitors to move freely through the collection, discovering unexpected resonances as light, mood, and attention shift. What emerges is not a retrospective but a living system—proof that music can find color, legend can find weight, and true resonance lives precisely where disciplines blur and boundaries dissolve.

Artist Statement

This permanent collection brings together two threads that have defined my practice over the past several years. The Synesthetic Explorations began as an attempt to externalize something deeply private—the colors I perceive when listening to music. Each canvas corresponds to a specific key signature, and within that key, to a particular composition that serves as both inspiration and structural guide. I do not paint what music looks like; I paint what it feels like to see sound.

The sculptures emerged from a different impulse: the desire to hold story, to give weight to the ephemeral. Whether working with ceramic, steel, or mixed media, I seek forms that carry narrative potential without illustrating specific tales. A dragon is not a dragon from any particular myth but an archetype of transformation and danger made solid enough to cast a shadow. A seagull is not a portrait but a proposition about persistence and grace.

Presenting these works together reveals what I had long suspected: that the chromatic and the sculptural speak to each other across their apparent differences. Both emerge from translation—from sound to sight, from story to form. Both ask the viewer to complete the circuit, to bring their own associations and memories to the encounter. The permanent collection is not a summary but an ongoing experiment in resonance.

Logistics

This online exhibition is accessible 24 hours daily throughout 2025 at

. Admission is free. Featured works include A♭ Major – Research on Harmony – Variation 6 (€4,100), D Minor – Research on Harmony – Variation 1 (€1,600), A♭ Minor – Research on Harmony – Variation 4 (€1,600), F♯ Minor – Research on Harmony – Variation 4 (€1,600), C Major – Research on Harmony – Variation 1 (€1,680), F Minor – Research on Harmony – Variation 8 (€900), A Cat – Naive Cubism Research (€950), Grimoire (€600), "Gus" the Shih Tzu (€1,500), Quietness (€900), Dragon (€800), and La Mouette de Montparnasse (€6,000). For acquisition inquiries and exhibition documentation, contact the artist through the website.