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THE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
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Alain CABOT
EMERGING ARTIST
Paris
Type
Unique work
Technique

Painting: timeless art…

One of the seven arts, painting is de facto reminiscent of the paintings exhibited in the most prestigious museums, like the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. However, it is a timeless form of art which has remarkably managed to span the ages, from before Jesus Christ to Prehistory, Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. If being a painter had nothing rewarding, today its democratization has made small shadow painters into protagonist artists of society. Oil painting, acrylic, watercolor, pastel or mixed media, painting captivates in all its forms.

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Medium

Contemporary painting

From prehistoric times to today, painting remains an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists around the world. In addition to representing a field of contemporary art, it constitutes a means of expression with multiple forms. Indeed, the brushstrokes illustrated on a painting hide a concept or a subject. Whatever the theme you are looking for, ARTactif presents a wide range of contemporary paintings.

Contemporary art, contemporary painting: what is it about?

According to chronology, contemporary art follows modern art which was initiated between 1850 and 1945 by the impressionist movement. Contemporary art is therefore any artistic movement born after the Second World War. Pop art, graffiti art, Fluxus, Street art and digital art are examples.

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Dimensions
W. 100 x L. 100 x D. 5 cm
Weight
2000 g
Framing
No
Work signed by the artist
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On demand
Certificate of authenticity
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On demand
Description
Le sujet des Gangs et traité selon un procédé qui va du figuratif au documentaire. C'est pourquoi la macrostructure de cette série n'est sans rappeler à la fois les polyptyques de sujet sacré du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance et les bandes dessinées : une narration continue s'installe autour du phénomène des gangs, sans proposer pour autant une démonstration ou une lecture moralisante. Les scènes figuratives se composent sur un fond où, dans les tons violents dominant des jaune ou des rouge, s'offre aux yeux du spectateur un paysage de misère, la misère des favelas sud-américaines, représentative de la misère de toutes les banlieues, y compris celles des villes riches du monde occidental, ce monde qui est présent par bribes, dans les détails d'une civilisation urbaine vieillissante (panneaux publicitaires, graffiti, street art). C'est sans doute la série qui a le plus massivement recours au procédé de citation et du recyclage, de matériaux (papiers collés tirés d'affiches publicitaires) et de détails tirés de bandes dessinés et de films, voire même de documentaires sur les Gangs.
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