Christophe Stouvenel

Christophe Stouvenel "Carte Politique"

2020

Christophe Stouvenel Economic Card Multi-layered stencils on 1958 geography atlas map Creation date 2020 Format 21 x 30.2 cm Signed lower right and countersigned on the reverse. PRIC...

NO SENSE - 2018 Technique: Mixed media, collage and ink on grain paper 300 grs Dimensions: 24 x 30 cms Signed by the artist, with his certificate Cut out stickers, stick stickers and drop ink stains "... This is how Christophe Stouvenel says" KIKI "defines his No Sense series. Surrealist inspired and Dada, everything starts from the idea of ​​assembling on paper grain, in the manner of a child but with the rigor of an adult, elements as disparate as shreds of old papers...

During street fighting in Ramadi and Fallujah, Iraq, Richardson noted the impact of stray gunfire and its decaying effect on the city. One particular memory he has is of a plywood sign featuring the figure of a man hoisting a barbell over his head, an advertisement for a local gym. As months passed, the sign splintered to near oblivion, first the figure’s legs, then his head and arms, and finally, most of his torso disappeared as the fighting smoldered on. Nearly ten years later, Richardson began to develop his own bullet ridden and splintered war motifs. In wartime, cards are the time killer’s friend, a way to pass time between patrols, operations, and the work of war. In Iraq, U.S. troops were issued playing card decks featuring Iraqi officials wanted by the U.S. Government. In the Shotgun...

"Cameron’s “Collage Paintings,” 2021–22, which he has been assembling in parts ever since relocating to Berlin from the United States in 2015. The source materials are photographs that Cameron has been taking as he perambulates through the city, their compositional logic derived from African American quilting...