“Ineptitude lies in wanting to conclude.” Gustave Flaubert
Beauty resides in the unfinished, in what remains to be created. The line becomes an allegory for the creative process, at the heart of the exhibition bringing together Flavien Demarigny (aka Mambo) and Franck Noto. Conceived as exchanges, the processes and their outcomes occupy the space. The works, where abstraction dominates, recapture the radical nature of urban signs. The line is infinite, the lines do not intersect. Without compartmentalizing, they offer frameworks for new imaginaries, alternative narratives. The intensity, heightened by a reduction to the bare essentials, a stripping away of excess, exacerbates the visual impact. This minimalism takes us out of our usual thought patterns. We no longer project our own understanding, but rather extract it from the binary opposition and question it. The artistic work invites us not to decide, but to interrogate. In this space, doubt is elevated to a model.
Mastering saturation involves a specific and precise transmission of key elements to the viewer. High saturation accentuates colors, energizing them. Reduced saturation softens tones, making them more contemplative. Here, SATURATIONS refers to an emphasis in the absence of color, black, and in the synthesis of color, white.
Flavien DEMARIGNY bases his works on accumulation as a form of writing, abstraction as a means of interpretation. The order of the world is reversed; the day is no longer dictated by a horizontal axis but by a vertical will. Overlooking, verticality becomes the artist's frame of reference. Painting an embodied perception of the world, it is the interdependence between entities that binds his work.
Franck NOTO, drawing on his artistic background, perpetuates a painting style that conveys messages and a distancing from the canvas, creating without support. His works are composed around the gesture. His world is one of abstraction, where suggestion is the keystone of his artistic expression.
A fusion of their distinct aesthetics, SATURATIONS embodies that decisive moment when adding new information is no longer necessary. Everything is said, everything remains to be understood. No colors, few indications, and yet, any further information would be superfluous. Getting to the heart of the matter, reminiscent of an urban language encountered. Focused on the line, the meaning of movement is palpable. Repetition is only in the gesture; in both Flavien Demarigny's and Franck Noto's work, the simplification leaves space for the material. The body of work is captivating, the black and white subverting a coercive dichotomy.
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