Whereas Adrien Boyer’s style seems to reflect a contemplative mind, it suddenly takes on a speculative guise, questioning – in the stillness of the harmony of forms and colours – the experience that we fashion of reality.

(Michel Poivert)

In choosing to photograph the graffiti “ceci n’est pas un mur” (this is not a wall), Adrien Boyer is quoting René Magritte, author of the famous painting The Treachery of Images, which shows a pipe and the phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”. Whereas Adrien Boyer’s style seems to reflect a contemplative mind, it suddenly takes on a speculative guise, questioning – in the stillness of the harmony of forms and colours – the experience that we fashion of reality."