Transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations, peregrinations, excursions, stations, cosmogonies, phantasmagorias… lithomorphoses, metempsycoses, apotheoses and other things…
… or how the subtitle of Un autre Monde, J.J.Grandville’s most famous work, could easily be applied to the work of Clément Vuillier.
The Year of the Comet tells of the destruction of one world, and the genesis of another. The lightning passage of a meteor near a planet triggers a series of cataclysms and transformations on its surface. Soon, the ice and rock covering the star give way to volcanic, bubbling activity: plant forms emerge from the ground, growing, coloring and pulsating; the waters become moving and agitated, and waves break beneath swirling clouds…
The virtuoso author of this silent, magnetic tale, Clément Vuillier directs a graphic symphony teeming with detail, stunning in its power and beauty.
