Pierre Soulages and his «outrenoir» challenge the eye at the Fondation Gianadda

After an exhibition on Cézanne last year and another on Toulouse-Lautrec at the beginning of the year - more classical in their genre - visitors to the Fondation Pierre Gianadda in Martigny, Valais, find themselves faced with a rather surprising Pierre Soulages. The main room is transformed: white, black. This contrasts with the softness of Cézanne's Sainte-Victoire and peasant portraits, or Toulouse-Lautrec's warm, playful Belle Epoque. The «Soulages: A Retrospective» exhibition runs until November 25.

We delve into the abstract with a master of the abstract. In Soulages’ work, abstraction takes the form of distinctive and experimental artistic techniques, notably those using walnut stain on paper, or those that venture into the realm of industrial tar adhering to glass in *Tar on Glass*, 45.5 × 76.5 cm, 1948-1 and *Goudron*