Black and white automatic writing, 2020
Painting : acrylic · 115 x 95 x 3 cm 45.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch · Ready to hang
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About the artwork
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Painting : Unique artwork
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
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Dimensions ( cm • inch )
115 x 95 x 3 cm 45.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
117 x 97 x 6 cm 46.1 x 38.2 x 2.4 inch
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Description
Tanc's work bears the clear influence of abstract expressionist artists (the artist talks about Rothko, Pollock, Reinhardt, Hartung and especially Franz Kline are sources of inspiration in his practice). Tanc's practice reached a turning point: ever since his New York show at Catherine Ahnell Gallery, the artist left aside the colorful explosion that used to mark his paintings and is now more interested in nuances of black, lineary variations and automatic writing. This new direction evokes the work of Henri Michaux. Tanc is also a composer and certain notions from the electronic and experimental music inhabit his work, without any doubt; the obsession for rhythm and pulsation tend to produce an intense, fascinating painting with a unique vibrating dimension. He has shows in France regularly, but colorful or grey, his work has gained international prominence with exhibitions in Germany (Skalitzers Contemporary Art), in the UK (The French Art Studio), Morocco (David Bloch Gallery) or New York (Catherine Ahnell Gallery). He is one of the most promising artists of his generation.
About the artwork:
While the manuscript nowadays tends to disappear, Tanc explores the aesthetic dimension of writing. Inspired by his high school years, when he took notes and produced pages as illegible as they seemed nice, he develops a system of automatic writing, executed entirely with spray paint, halfway between calligraphy and graffiti. The viewer may find meaning or even words, but the aim is not to read but feel the rhythm of writing. Large size and often monochrome works let perceive new forms, a new alphabet. We do not know if the writing goes from left to right or vice versa. Mid-abstract, semi-figurative, each piece is designed as a landscape, with an accumulation of lines that end up creating a horizon. Aided by glow and matte effects that gloss paint gives in some places on the canvas, this new series is about rhythm and frequencies, revealing a music in which the eye can get lost and escape.
About the artwork:
While the manuscript nowadays tends to disappear, Tanc explores the aesthetic dimension of writing. Inspired by his high school years, when he took notes and produced pages as illegible as they seemed nice, he develops a system of automatic writing, executed entirely with spray paint, halfway between calligraphy and graffiti. The viewer may find meaning or even words, but the aim is not to read but feel the rhythm of writing. Large size and often monochrome works let perceive new forms, a new alphabet. We do not know if the writing goes from left to right or vice versa. Mid-abstract, semi-figurative, each piece is designed as a landscape, with an accumulation of lines that end up creating a horizon. Aided by glow and matte effects that gloss paint gives in some places on the canvas, this new series is about rhythm and frequencies, revealing a music in which the eye can get lost and escape.
Presentation
Born in 1979 in Paris. Lives and works in Paris.
Tanc has already exhibited his work worldwide. What sets him apart is the uniqueness of his style, a characteristic that becomes clearer when you learn that Tanc grew up surrounded by graffiti. He believes that street art is ephemeral and that the act itself is more important than the result. For him, "being an artist is a way of life"; the commitment must be total and integrity absolute.
In the early 2000s, he focused on studio work and immediately distinguished himself from traditional graffiti artists with his line-based approach. A quest for synthesis. First of his name, then of tags in general, then of people, music, and finally of his favorite subject: life.
Primarily based on line, his work doesn't strive for perfection but rather spontaneity. It's his state of mind that defines its density and rigor. His heartbeat drives his arm like a metronome; he mustn't try to control this flow but simply understand the composition that emerges, a balance between his conscious and unconscious mind.
He composes his music and his canvases spontaneously. Whether dense or light, rigorous or deconstructed, Tanc doesn't play; he lives his art. He signs his canvases "Tanc" just as he has signed walls with his tags since adolescence. This discipline is first and foremost the instinctive outlet for a need for expression: he reclaims urban space by forcefully shouting his name to the city. Soon, the letters disappear, and Tanc embarks on an abstract formal exploration. By focusing his work on line and color, he renews classical pictorial research by confronting it with the raw energy of street art: the predominance of action, the perfection of the gesture, the acceptance of chance, and the expression of a strong singularity. Above all, his works are striking for their intensity, their musicality, and the vibration of light and textures. The artist's action, energy, and emotion touch the viewer in the most sensual, intimate, and immediate way.
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