Contre le vent (2024) Collages by Jean-Roch Klethi

His artistic journey began over 40 years ago, with a first exhibition at the age of 19. Seeking to build a language that was personal to him, he chose very early on to abandon the "brushstroke" and brush for other techniques: sponge printing, stencils, misting, liquid color projections. He sought to capture pure sensation, playing on textures, transparencies and color vibrations.

By integrating materials such as sawdust, cardboard and especially partially unwoven textiles, he opened up a graphic world where fibers trace their own lines and patterns. No need to hold a pencil or a brush. Little by little, the symbolic charge of these materials imposed itself on him, so much so that his works echoed the state of the world, expressing rupture and continuity, tearing and repair, connection and disconnection.

This approach was also enriched by a personal resonance. Having studied the urban and social history of a textile valley in his youth, he later perceived the link between his art and his experience of this industrial and social heritage. Made partly with recovered materials, his works are part of a shared memory, where the material bears witness to stories of transformation, fragility and resilience.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1957
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists