NYAB Event - Stéphane Calais Exhibition

Stéphane Calais Exhibition

Zieher Smith & Horton

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French artist Stéphane Calais continues his vivacious investigation of materials in what he describes as “non-geometric and gestural abstraction mixed with simple shapes of flowers and fruits.” In addition to his celebrated paintings, Calais often incorporates a combination of technical approaches, including printmaking, wall drawing, sculpture and installation, generating what he calls a “game of movement, size and surface.” Enchanted by Japanese katagami patterns and French art nouveau styling, he references both in works on canvas hung atop wallpapered backgrounds, silkscreen prints hung from the ceiling and wall drawing. They are united by his signature gestures in fluid black and signifying what the artist considers a “struggle with the architecture, decoration and knowledge. A certain ideal was the goal of each… A kind of pedagogical aspect more than a spirit.”