What a balancing act! We no longer know who is pulling who... Is it the gallop of these horses that gives the movement or the flight of these geese that drags in its wake these energetic people? What does it matter? Let yourself be carried away in this lively flight.

Alfons Alt accompanied the troupe of Bartabas, the founder of the equestrian theatre Zingaro, during their show "La cabaret de l'exil". The meeting of these two worlds plunges us into a dreamlike world populated by animals, nature and mythology. Alfons Alt walks on the borders of painting, photography and engraving by a process invented in the middle of the 19th century that he has updated and named "Altotype". By combining these processes, he takes us into a singular pigmented universe and gives us the opportunity to see unique creations. He says it himself: "It is exactly there that I situate myself between the reality of photography and the dreamlike world of painting with the sensuality of the material.

Retour De Voyage likes the lightness that emerges from this surprising painting...