«Luminotype», a new painting surface___
Having previously painted on cotton, paper and wood, Lancelot Blondeel turns to a new support: transparent canvas. This material choice - at once technical and conceptual - opens a field of experimentation in which light, as an integral part of the work, enriches the dimensions traditionally explored in painting.
Vibrations of striking presence___
Transparent canvas allows light to pass through; rays travel across the colour fields, reflecting and diffusing as they go. This quality makes the many behaviours of light visible, bringing a dynamic quality to the whole. Its combination with acrylic paint - whose translucency properties are fully explored - generates vibrations of a strong material presence. Ultramarine blue pigment, the cornerstone of the series, is thus revealed in its full intensity and character.
A body language specific to the artist___
A certain tension runs through the composition: while the gestural mark asserts itself through its spontaneity, the compositional balance proves to be premeditated, considered and deliberate. Impasto marks, paint projections, the dialogue with the background, the choice of colours - all are studied and controlled. The gestural work, by contrast, is the near-instantaneous physical expression of an instinctive and unconscious bodily impulse. This repeated gesture, refined over the years, becomes a form of bodily language particular to the artist.