| « Poster art is a difficult exercise, because it requires a spirit of synthesis, a sense of the symbolic and a good eye. Alain Carrier has all these qualities. Draughtsman, colourist, even a humorist, Alain Carrier is one of the masters of the poster in France. Toulouse should render him homage. » Dominique BAUDIS Deputy-Mayor of Toulouse January 2001 | ||
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Annual Poster Grand Prix – Amnesty International « On ne bâillonne pas la lumière »: « Once more it is the most beautiful poster for a long time, admirably executed with simple constituants and which will live a long time in the history of the poster. » Galerie des Arts – Street Arts jury |
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« It’s for the best causes that Alain Carrier's genius has given the greatest impact to the message. « No to vivisection » has gained more impetus that the Perrier poster designed by Andy Warhol and ... the Campari poster by Alain Carrier himself. » Claude Sorel | |
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« Alain Carrier has ideas right up to the tips of his fingers. » Saint-Maur – Sculptor « Alain Carrier: a man with an idea a second, the person the Americans have baptised « Mr Mennen » (for his international campaign « Pour nous les hommes ») is a global creator, for his keen understanding of sociological phenomena and his vivacity of spirit allow him to create multi-media off the top of his head» Marcel Huet – the Nice Matin newspaper « I don't know if your drawings have an understanding of truth or the truth of understanding. » Jean Cocteau | ||
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« Alain, standing before your poster I can hear myself singing. » Edith Piaf | |
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« Behind the sensitivity of your line one can sense the stroke of a sculptor. » Yencesse (Grande Chaumière fine arts school) « You don't read, so, don't visit others, stay in your secret garden ... and dig the well of your own truth. » Paul Eluard « You will perhaps be a great poster artist ... but you are surely a decorator ... so designs me the decors for the Tartuffe. » Louis Jouvet 1947 | ||
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« The goose in your advert for Delpeyrat really « gooses » the product up » Gen Paul | |
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« Albert, your son thinks with his reflexes – he'll be a poster artist. » O.Galop (1) - 1938 « Angèle, your son has the soul of an artist. » Robert Couzinou (2) – 1940 « Write me what we've been talking about. » Guy Georgy – 1999 | ||
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« That’s what torture is, a refinement of horror balancing between life and death. » Comparison between Goya and Carrier: Larousse publishing – 2000 |
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« Alain Carrier, the greatest poster artist alive today. » Alain Parinaud – 2004 « An artistic driving force of his times; a symbol of the dynamics of modern creation.» Alain Parinaud « In your carpenter's pencil you have a mine of creations and smiles. » Jean Cocteau – 1960 « Your posters are graphic plays on words. » Pierre Dac
(1) – O'Galop was the creator of the Michelin Man. | ||
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