• Technical

Original aquatint signed and numbered by the artist in edition of 18/30.

Sheet dimensions: 50 x 65 cm.

Artwork delivered with a certificate of authenticity.

• Artist biography

Alain Clément was born in 1941 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. A self-taught artist, he expresses himself through painting, sculpture, and engraving. For nearly forty years, he has been developing an abstract style of painting situated between expression and a search for composition. His large-scale paintings combine visual pleasure, sensitivity, and the strength of construction. Commenting on his work regarding this construction, Alain Clément explains: “Building was my project, and I projected myself into the image of Fernand Léger’s builders. I wanted to assemble an improbable structure held together solely by the strength of colored beams, using neither the laws of physics nor the geometry of architects. An architecture made viable only by painting. In this way, the construction built within the illusion of the painting gave me the tools to continue: to move beyond painting and into sculpture.” “Alain Clément 2001. The singularity of Alain Clément’s work lies in the close relationship he forges through constant interplay between painting and sculpture, a relationship enriched by his practice of engraving, to which he always devotes particular attention. It often allows him to take stock of his spatial explorations by focusing his attention on the interplay of line. The paradox persists: this exercise claims to transform the two-dimensional space of the sheet of paper or canvas into a testing ground for sculpted space. Since the early 2010s, he has conceived and constructed several monumental sculpture ensembles, installed notably at the Nyrox Foundation in Johannesburg and in Suzhou, China. He also receives numerous commissions for architectural projects, particularly in Paris, Montpellier, and Avignon.”

PAST EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

• 2020: Group exhibition, "signed and numbered"
• 2018: Group exhibition, "black and white"
• 2017: "Papers"
• 2016: Group exhibition, "Between Them and Me"