Untitled 1
By Claude Tétot
US$ 2,000
Overview
2017
Oil Paint, Oil and acrylic on paper
Unique Work
Dimensions: 35cm (H) x 50cm (W) / 13.8" (H) x 19.7" (W)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
Claude Tétot is a painter in search of unexpected harmonies. He embraces a visual language of complementary contradictions--negative space becomes an expression of form; solid areas of color are balanced by energetic markings and precise patterns; concrete elements like hard edged lines, grids, and geometric shapes are juxtaposed alongside expressionistic elements, like gestural brushwork, smudges, drips and stains.
By exploring the enigmatic unity expressed by these apparent disharmonies, Tétot is examining what is meant by chaos and what is meant by order. He is asking us to contemplate what is absent and what is present; or what is active and what is neutral. The strange poetry of his compositions declares that things are not always what they seem, and that there is beauty even in discord.
Artist profile
Claude Tétot
Born: 1960
Hometown: Angoulême
Based in: Savins
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemingly disparate elements, such as graphic patterns and gestural markings.
Tétot was born in 1960 in Angoulême, a small community in southwestern France, and today he lives and works …
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