The “Encres flottantes” that Arnaud Vasseux has been practicing since 1992 derive their method from a Japanese technique, suminagashi,or floating ink (Encres flottantes). This technique of paper capture accepts chance; it was invented in the 12th century and later spread to Europe by perfecting itself by adding substances mixed with water and inks. Now called marbled paper or vat paper, it is mainly used in the field of binding as a guard page.
Arnaud Vasseux takes up this ancient Japanese technique whose gestures and elements are the least numerous and the simplest. A water-filled bin serves as a testing ground. The traditional ratio is reversed: instead of pouring the ink on the paper, the paper is placed on the surface of the ink. It is the sheet that captures, by simple contact, the ink film that floats on the surface of the water. The result escapes the deed of inscription specific to the drawing. Each sheet fixes the expansion of a drop of ink deposited on the surface of the water.
As in photography, the medium comes to record and capture, like a snapshot, the state of a moving phenomenon. The final form is the result of an experience in which matter is expressed in its interaction with duration, water, air and paper. The artist then becomes an operator more than a composer.
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #01
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm.
Part of the “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Queen Of The Silver Camps
Color video with sound, 1080 x 720, multiple installation. Series of 9 fixed shots of landscapes of the American “Far West” inside a video game. Edition of 8 and 2 E.A.
Part of the “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #02
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm.
Part of the “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #03
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
Part of the “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #04
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #06
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #05
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #19
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet draw on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #22
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet draw on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #23
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #24
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #25
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #26
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #27
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Arnaud Vasseux, Pièces non balayées
Monographie, publiée aux éditions Analogues.
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Auteurs : Philippe Cyroulnik, Olivier Kaeppelin, Fabien Faure, Arnaud Vasseux, Sally Bonn, Emmanuel Latreille, François Durif.
Descriptif
: 22 x 30 cm, 160 pages, broché.
Langues : français, anglais.
Parution décembre 2018.
Isbn : 978-2-35864-110-4.
Find out more about the artist:
Arnaud Vasseux
Arnaud Vasseux gives a determinant place to phenomena, materials and their handling as a processes that help understanding and sense making.. He considers processes that
Other works by Arnaud Vasseux documented on our website:
Jérémie Setton, Baigneuses 2017
Encre de chine sur papier marouflé sur panneau de bois de la série “Archétypes”,
38,2 x 56,2 cm.
Sebastien Arrighi, Bouquet de griffes
Photographie de paysage faisant partie de la série “Ora” de Sebastien Arrighi.
En préfiguration d’une présentation publique de la série, cette image est disponible dans une édition limitée à 25 exemplaires, format 50 x 70 cm chacun signé et numéroté par l’artiste, disponible au prix exceptionnel de 100 euros si commandé avant le 1er décembre 2020.
Jean Philippe Roubaud, Didascalie 1: Nature/Culture
Catalogue de l’exposition éponyme de Jean Philippe Roubaud à la galerie Sintitulo, du 17 novembre 2017 au 13 janvier 2018.
Publié avec l’aide du CNAP – Centre National des Arts Plastiques.
Textes: Jean Marc Réol et Cristina Albertini Bahnarel.
Traduction: Cristina Albertini Bahnarel et Maurag Jordan.
Photographies: Jean Philippe Roubaud et Favret & Manez.
54 pages, couverture souple, édité à 500 exemplaires
ISBN: 978-2-9560839-0-0
Jean Philippe Roubaud, “Romantique à mort!!!”, 2017
Quatre dessins graphite sur papier, 102 x 65 cm chacun.
Produits pour la première exposition personnelle de l’artiste à la galerie Sintitulo.
Collection particulière.
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #21
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
Sebastien Arrighi, Simile #20
Landscape of the American “Far West”, made inside a video game.
Pigment inkjet print on Canson® Infinity photographic rag 310 g/m. Edition of 3 – 2 E.A.
22.5 x 32 cm, unframed.
__From “Simile” series
