Solo exhibition

White Cube Paris presents an exhibition dedicated to Léon Wuidar, focusing on a selection of works from the 1960s and 1970s. This exhibition explores Wuidar's abstract painting practice, characterized by a discovery of the architecture of memory, balance, restraint, and attentive construction. His works are described as intimate architectures, employing measured gestures rather than monumental ones, and are noted for their subtle humour and silence. Geometry serves as a vehicle for emotion, form as a site for contemplation, and simplicity as a means to reveal complexity.

Wuidar's approach to painting is influenced by his childhood experiences in postwar Belgium and his engagement with artists who reimagined abstraction through modular systems and rational strategies. Early works, such as 'La naissance de Vénus' (1966) and 'Dentier' (1965), navigate abstraction through surrealist visions and childhood memories, using muted colours to evoke stillness. In the 1970s, his practice expanded to include notebooks filled with drawings and sketches, reflecting a disciplined internal process where observation, memory, and form coalesce. The exhibition highlights Wuidar's structural sensitivity, evident in compositions that create internal spaces for reflection and intimacy.