History of the Opera: "Verbatim, 2024"
Mickaël Doucet: Verbatim, Formal Repetition, and the Interior as Scene "Verbatim" is a large, recent painting by Mickaël Doucet, created in 2024 using oil on canvas, measuring 160 x 120 cm. Like his other catalogued works, "Verbatim" presents a complex interior composition overlooking the seascape, combining the vibrant light of the Mediterranean with stylised forms.
The title, meaning "word for word" or "exactly as said/written," suggests meticulous attention to the repetition of the visual pattern and the faithful (albeit stylized) reproduction of the scene. Doucet creates an almost theatrical effect, where the furnishings and plants are arranged to frame the window and the outside landscape, balancing geometric abstraction with a calm, chromatic visual narrative. The large scale allows for full immersion in his pictorial universe.
The work was acquired directly from the artist's studio for the Damiani collection and is archived in the official registers of Mickaël Doucet in Paris and the Damiani Gallery in Bari.
Mickaël Doucet: Verbatim (2024). Oil on canvas, 160 x 120 cm. Interior and seascape painting. Officially archived.
