Denis Blondel, humanity stripped away By Caroline Canault Art critic

It is a feverish vision, with multiple readings where the body transforms and mutates. The strangeness spreads over the entire surface of the composition. The artist's touch works on the blurring effect contributing to a feeling of
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Denis Blondel, humanity stripped away By Caroline Canault Art critic

It is a feverish vision, with multiple readings where the body transforms and mutates. The strangeness spreads over the entire surface of the composition. The artist's touch works on the blurring effect contributing to a feeling of disorientation.

His portraits with their carnal expression leave few defined elements. However, in this dense and unstructured balance, we can distinguish a few figurative references; such as the portrait of the Mona Lisa or a knife…

Denis Blondel strips away as much as he humanizes. His works are an invitation to probe the body and the abysses of the soul, the presence and absence, the ephemeral and the fragility of human existence.

The dark becomes clear, with a recurring white tone, evoking the body powdered with makeup crossed by nothingness. This evocation of the transitory nature of life places his work in an evolving mobility. The very place where individual elevation and the opening of perspectives take shape.