Spleen & Ideal (2021) Painting by Johan K.

A journey through matter
Abstraction and expressionism were the two leitmotivs of a journey of more than twenty years. It all starts with an idea that germinates, to become a pregnant obsession. The moment of the canvas arrives, a jubilant catharsis of a plunge into matter.
Permanent search for form, as well as substance, through study and reflection.

An almost philosophical sensitivity over the periods and years, letting the painting express itself.

There was Johan, then Joh, then Dijoh'ca and finally a simple K. at the bottom of the webs
Son of artists, having lived in a family where art was the engine, the axis, see the family heart, in the writing by his father, and his mother, the graphic and plastic arts.

Refusing to touch any artistic medium, out of mistrust, not wanting to be found where everyone wanted to see it.

Then there was the suffering of separation, a need to express it: the canvas, the colors and the material were obvious.

The technique, and the choices,

First come the shapes and the material, then the colors emerge, and the structure begins to want to find its place.
The work is done with various techniques, marriage of materials and chemical reactions between them: Acrylic, Oil, Vinyl, Cold enamel, Tempera, pigments, metal ...
The action takes consistency with knives, splatters, sponges.

The influences are multiple,

There is Pollock, of course, for the relaxed or controlled gesture, the exploration of interiority with Kandinsky, the relationship of shapes and colors like so many "chords", comparable to music with Rothko. A large part of Informal Art and Tachism.

There is also the contemporary school of Castres, with DiBeggio, a natural father discovered late.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1972
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists