Denis Godefroy, accompanied by his brother Gene Clarksville and Sébastien Souchois, performs in a show still inspired by the texts of Gregory Corso at the Centre Marc Sangnier in Mont-Saint-Aignan.
The Duchamp Gallery, directed by Thierry Heynen in Yvetôt, presents two performance concerts, two works painted by Denis Godefroy to music by composer Jean-Yves Bosseur with Jacques Feuillie on bass and Emmanuel Thiry on double bass.
« There is music in literature, there is also painting in literature and no doubt vision in music... It is the mixture of three extremely fabulous things that makes... it makes art »
He takes part in another concert organised in collaboration with the FNAC: three groups, three visual artists at Exo 7, Petit-Quevilly. Bergit von Keller is on cello and Bob Drewry on double bass.
« Does a painter hear music when he paints, does a musician have images when he composes? »
"In art, it's all about punctuation... the important thing in a performance is not the finished product but the path that leads to it." D.G.
More music with "Concert pictural" at Château Cadillac en Fronsadais, invited by Jean-Jacques Lesgourgues, his most faithful collector. Gene Clarksville and Sébastien Souchois accompany him. The work Crucifixion, now mounted on canvas, is now in the château.
He exhibits "Past present, future" at the Françoise Palluel gallery.
The Du Bellay gallery in Mont-Saint-Aignan exhibits him in "Bleu nuit, nuit bleue" with Serge Périchon photographer and Dominique Denry sculptor.
« The idea is to capture the flight of angels. I've been dreaming of this meeting for a long time... ». D.G.
On the initiative of the SIVOM, he was commissioned to create two panels for the Rouen Metro-bus, "Théâtre des Arts" station: Les Angéliques.
« The debate between abstraction and figuration annoys me so much that it is like the search for the sex of the angels. That must be why it is called 'Les Angéliques'. Moreover, they are bitter plants when fresh and sweet when candied ». D.G.