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. Trained as an engineer, he now works in Fontenay-sous-Bois, near Paris. The artist develops a gestural approach, creating paintings conceived in relation to movement. Through his practice, he builds a memory of gesture, leaving imprints and furrows on the surface. These singular traces are revealed through the combination of complementary materials: transparent matter, paper, and cotton canvas. Giving particular importance to the circulation of light through his works, the artist questions the way reality presents itself, exploring the mechanics of the senses and perception. From the trace of the body: 'a memory of gesture' to a reflection on the nature of the real, he engages in a reflexive stance that questions our modes of presence in the world.