Contrary to the traditional painting approach of adding paint to create a form, Lancelot Blondeel builds relief by concentrating material in certain points on the canvas. This technique developped in the “No Reason” series highlights the gestural element of the artist’s practice, which favors curved lines and vivid colors. The preparation of the canvas, as well as the selection of colors, is a rigorous and carefully planned process. In contrast, the resulting form is the outcome of a spontaneous movement, drawn in just a few moments; the near-instantaneity of the gesture stands in opposition to the permanence of the canvas.

Lancelot Blondeel

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Lancelot Blondeel is a contemporary painter born in 1988. Trained as an engineer, he now works near Paris. The artist develops a gestural approach, creating a practice conceived in its relationship to movement. Through the body, the painter builds a memory of gesture, leaving imprints and furrows on the support. These singular traces are revealed through the combination of complementary materials: transparent matter, paper, and cotton canvas. Granting an important place to the circulation of light through his works, the artist questions the way reality presents itself to the eye, exploring the mechanics of the senses and of perception. He draws the viewer into a reflexive position that questions our modes of presence in the world.