Presentation of the installationThe Real and its Doubleat the inauguration of the artist's workshop – Third PlaceDédale, Fontenay-sous-Bois – 2026
« Nothing more fragile than the human ability to admit reality, to accept without reservations the imperious prerogative of reality »
Clement Rosset
Thus begins the workThe real and its doubleof the philosopherClement Rosset.
Lancelot Blondeel is directly inspired by the title of the essay and proposes for the installation presented here areading on two levels. The first key to reading istechnical realization of works; the artist seeking a direct connection with the spectator by addressing themes like themotion or lightstraight line of the work of the seriesLuminotype. The second level of reading relates to therelationship between human and real. The proposed works question thedouble and illusion mechanicsas developed in the work of the philosopher.
Luminotype I (detail of installation)The Real and its Double) – 2025 – acrylic, canvas, paper – 80×60 cm – © Adagp
Movement & Light___
After painting on cotton, paper or wood, Lancelot Blondeel studies a new medium to paint by choosing thetransparent canvas. This material choice, both technical and conceptual, opens up a field of experimentation where light, an integral part of the work,enriches the dimensions traditionally treated in paint.
The transparent canvas allowslight rays to circulate;they pass through areas of colour,reflect, and diffuse. This application makes it visiblethe many behaviors of lightand bringsa dynamicAll. The association of this medium with acrylic paint, whose translucency properties are exploited, generatesvibrations of great presence. Ultramarine blue pigment,the keystone of the series, is thus revealed inall its strength and character.
A certaintension emerges within the composition, while the gesture that unfolds across the works is marked byspontaneity, the overall balance remainsdeliberate, considered, and thought through. Thus wheelbases, projections, dialogue with the background, choice of colors are studied and controlled. On the other hand, signual work,an almost instantaneous physical emanation, arises from anunconscious bodilyand unconscious. This repeated gesture, perfected over the years, becomes a form ofform of bodily language specific to the artist.
Luminotype IX – 2026 – acrylic, canvas, paper – 80×60 cm – © Adagp
Relationship to the real & mechanical of the double___
The question of ourratio to realis one of the recurring reasons for Lancelot Blondeel's practice. Through the exploration ofsense, perception, representation, the artist questions howreality presents itselfand how our experience of the outside world is built.
The use of plexiglass cylinders in front of canvases simulatesopposition between perceived reality(seems) andOntological reality(which is). Thus the mechanics of the double form.
The artist thus questions the possibility ofdirect access to the realAre we in a position to seize him as he is or are we condemned to perceive only partial or even altered representation? His work explores thispersistent tension between deep reality and subjective construction.