For the "Paysages Entrelacés" series, the artist has developed a specific creative process with the following steps. Each canvas, before being cut, represents a landscape or an abstract space with its own distinct identity. This space is then fragmented, cut into randomly sized strips. Finally, the canvas is reassembled using strips from one or multiple canvases. During the reassembly, the strips can be arranged vertically or horizontally, either respecting their original order or randomly, often influenced by the artist as he craft his narrative. The artist emphasizes the term "landscape," which here refers to an abstract space that, like in a figurative landscape, integrates concepts such as gravity (the direction of the viewer’s gaze), the aesthetics of imbalance (the arrangement, size of shapes, and negative space), and kinetics (the suggestion of movement). As a complementary aspect, the spaces between the strips are seen as moments of breathing room, similar to silence in music, where the brain seeks to fill the "void" by creating a narrative unique to each viewer. © Adagp

Lancelot Blondeel

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Lancelot Blondeel is a contemporary painter born in 1988, currently living and working in Vincennes (France). Drawing on his background in engineering, the artist explores in his abstract creations the relationship between humans and the experience of reality. His work is primarily distinguished by two main series: the "No Reason" series, featuring vibrant colors and spontaneous, hand-drawn gestures, and the "Interlaced Landscapes" series, consisting of abstract landscapes composed of horizontal or vertical bands. The artist works with raw materials such as cotton canvas, wood, pigments, and varnishes. His method is characterized by the use of handmade tools. Each new painting series follows a process of development akin to the scientific method, involving the creation of a specific technique. Rejecting being confined to any particular style or formalism, the artist's research encompasses both gestural and geometric abstraction. Lancelot Blondeel is interested in texture, using layering and impasto techniques to create a tactile surface effect. The use of curved lines with varying thicknesses contributes to a sense of movement. Lancelot Blondeel focuses on the ontological relationship between humans and reality. For him, the senses and consciousness act as an interface between the individual and the real, implying that our perception of reality is inevitably colored by our own subjectivity. Thus, his abstract works do not aim to represent the external world but rather reflect the inner experience.