L'infante by Jean-Louis Bessède

The artist claims to be influenced by French spiritualism, seeking to "make matter speak, to sublimate it" in a quest for inner truth. His painting thus constitutes a "total plastic writing", combining technical mastery and intuition, experimentation and the legacy of the great masters (Velázquez, Bacon, Giacometti). Jean-Louis Bessède's technique is based on a mixture of media, intense gestural work on MDF panels, collage and raw materials, with a spiritual and introspective approach.