GALRY - Everything but a gallery

Départ imminent depicts a Parisian interior bathed in radiant light, yet already oriented toward a distant elsewhere. Through the large windows opening onto the rooftops of Paris and the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower, one can feel the excitement of an imminent departure… a departure for Sydney, Australia, as indicated by the boarding pass placed on the table.

The living room conveys the effervescence of the final moments before a long journey:

An opened bottle of champagne and several filled glasses suggest an early celebration, perhaps a toast to the adventure ahead.
The plane tickets and a travel guide to Sydney reveal the destination: a journey to the other side of the world.
A globe set on a piece of furniture reinforces the theme of travel, discovery, and openness.
But one key detail anchors the destination even more clearly: the painting on the wall, whose colorful motifs and circular composition recall the visual language of Australian art, particularly contemporary Aboriginal art.
This artwork-within-the-artwork serves as an anticipatory nod to the artistic landscape the traveler is about to discover. It creates an aesthetic bridge between familiar Paris and faraway Australia.

The vivid colors of the décor—turquoise, bright oranges, luminous yellows—also echo the sun-soaked energy of the Australian continent. Plants, flowers, and carefully arranged objects give the scene a lively, welcoming atmosphere, as if the interior itself were preparing for the journey.

Départ imminent captures that unique moment when the dream of travel becomes real: the suspended instant between the comfort of Paris and the call of a distant horizon. Australia is already present in the room, discreetly, like a promise of cultural discovery, art, and light.