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With the work of Jean-Philippe Lagouarde.
A slow, precise, and repetitive technique, with unpredictable results, is at the heart of his approach. Using a box cutter, he slices thousands of thin strips of dyed blotting paper and adheres them contiguously on a frame. By choosing this medium of the past, he opts for a base that is essentially accessory, a base which, unlike creation itself, functions primarily to absorb an overflow of ink. Persistent ink fills the space as the artist arranges the void in a frame. The blotting paper, an unstable and fragile medium, is thus ennobled. It gives a dynamic nature to each of his works, affected by light, air, and time. And that is for the best, because it is, above all, a work about the imperfection that the artist seeks by inviting in the unknown, even up to his choice of colors, and their potential instability.
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