Mist’s new series is focusing on the interference of graphic passages as well as the several ways to express his artistic signature over the total canvas. The overlay is therefore a crucial theme in the design, composition and architecture of each piece of the series Broken Loop. Through the graphic as well as contextual deconstruction of his clean and rigorous style writing the artist retrospectively revives stylistic elements beginning in his early years, starting in the mid 1980, stopping at the 2000 and finally resulting in a new light in 2021. His own creativity is linked to constant research of different styles, that is, what makes him tick. Of course being aware that his creations are a product of multiple influences of his own oeuvre as well as the impressions he gains while daily observation the streets.
“In order to change something, I must get in difficulty.”
Guilaume ‘Mist’ Lemarquier, 2021.
Outstandingly painted his canvases show his dexterity in the usage of different materials and melting them together to form pieces of great textures and complex layering. The artist therefore overlaid the following layers; raw backgrounds and spray paint lines to highlight the ephemerality of urban space and walls, drawing chalk lines, as a reference to the all underlying sketch and fine art painting.
Broken Loop means the visual deconstruction and interruption or breaking of the oh-so-familiar lettering and characters, where the artist gets himself into the difficulty by diving into the chaos, caused by the deconstruction. At the same time he seeks for a balance in the compositions, which leads him to surprising results.
Tania Di Brita
Installation view
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