Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, in his pictorial work, develops an eminently chromatic, vibrational universe, where color is atmospheric. He deploys on the surface of the canvas a field of fleeting perceptions and impressions, of sensibilities that are paradoxically abstract yet highly material. The brushstroke and the color are intimately linked, even merged, creating for the viewer’s eye the conditions of an unstable apparition, an evanescent light, a mirage in the painting.

Here, the tapestry sublimates the intimate relationship of a resolved textile identity, carried by colored and flecked silk and linen threads woven together, which reflect this enigmatic changeability on the surface, a gradient or immaterial colored optical veil. The craftsmanship radically combines the deep nature of the fibers, the painter's brushstroke gesture, and notably through the textile structure of the knotting weave, a high virtuosity in the weaving gesture of the weft. The tapestry, as if made of light and color, expresses a nervous and held material, radiant.

Untitled, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet

Creation: Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, French artist born in 1978, lives and works in Brussels. Weaving: Françoise Vernaudon Workshop in Nouzerines, 2021 Plain weave tapestry, cotton warp, silk and linen weft in 3 colors Dimensions: 1.84 m height x 1.84 m width Color: Dyed by Atelier de la Lune in Aubusson

This second square of the collection was the subject of an agreement signed with the Galerie Almine Rech (Paris).

Artistic direction of the "Carrés d'Aubusson" collection: Mathieu Buard Collection supported by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation (as part of the attribution of the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand® – Path 2018).