Untitled 147_25 Robert Baribeau But very often there are

But very often there are other shapes that play a role in the work

diagrams or photographs may inform the work in its formative stages

This methodology blurs the boundary between "taking" and "making" a photograph

the artist intended to allow the chance to change the essence of colour by adjusting the brightness and saturation of colours made with adjectives using water

6 cm / 3 in borders on the top and bottom

Untitled 147_25 Robert Baribeau But very often there areThis work demonstrates Ludovic Dervillez's mature, incisive stylea dynamic departure from the dense layering of his earlier output. Dervillez creates an abstract, calligraphic composition where marks are treated as irreversible acts. Influenced by the energetic mark making of artists like Cy Twombly and Joan Mitchell, his work concentrates on the precision of the gesture and the restrained tension of the surface, affirming the canvas as a vital space