The Sun appears to us as the quintessential unchanging star. Yet behind this seeming constancy lies a cyclical dynamic that can at times be unpredictable. Episodes of intense solar activity can produce a stream of particles known as the “solar wind”, which manifests on Earth as auroras. In this series of works, Lancelot Blondeel explores a new medium by using paper as a support. The artist’s approach is marked by an exploration of texture, made possible here by the roughness and irregularities in the weave of the paper. Lancelot Blondeel also engages in a dual study of movement. In the background, the path of charged particles leaving the heliosphere is depicted with broad brushstrokes. In the foreground, an organic, dynamic form emerges, created through a gesture made in a matter of moments. The artist aims to evoke the tension between the human experience of the present moment and the apparent impermanence of the stars.

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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.