LOPEZ Théo

/// THEO LOPEZ ///

" Cosmic Dance " by Théo Lopez
Acrylic on paper.
Size: 35,5x27,8 cm
Signed lower right.
Dated (20) 19 lower right.
Certificate of authenticity.

/// Biography of THÉO LOPEZ ///

Théo Lopez got involved in an artistic process very young. In 2008, his meeting with the 9ème Concept collective encouraged him to take a decisive pictorial turn. Surrounded by established artists and moved by a growing curiosity thanks to his numerous trips to Russia, Israel or the United States, he extends his vision beyond his original aspirations. At 31, he shares his unique universe through a keen eye.

Inspired first by tribal and spiritual influences, Theo Lopez now switches to the abstract. In his early days, creating works loaded with patterns and optical effects, his research is guided today by a need to return to the fundamentals, to the very essence of his line. Like the Russian Constructivists, European Lyrical Abstraction, American Abstract Expressionism or even his graffuturist contemporaries. He develops a poetry in the work of the material, the line and the color.

Experimentation is an integral part of the artist's creative process. The creation of a work thus constantly oscillates between two opposing but complementary concepts: reflection and spontaneity. His first work, spontaneous and intuitive, takes the form of curved random writings and gestures that he then structures with straight lines and geometric shapes.

This repeated operation generates a transformation. The artist does not follow a pre-defined path, the painting is constructed in real time. Cut, break, trace, structure, cover, add, scratch, conceal, reveal ... Théo Lopez conceives of painting as a sculptor, playing with the random and causing the accident to be inspired by it. From the metamorphosis emanates a hybrid poetry. The different layers blend together, the colors interact, the lines vibrate and respond to each other, the accumulated paint takes on relief. These contrasts evoke flows of energy, subconscious glimmers, the canvas is inhabited. Articulating all these apparent contradictions in this way, he succeeds in awakening between them secret harmonics, which ultimately will become the signature of his own style.