Loïc Raguénès

La brûlante matinée de février au cours de laquelle mourut Beatriz Viterbo, après une impérieuse agonie qui pas un seul instant ne se rabaissa au sentimentalisme ni à la peur, je remarquai que sur les porte-affiches en fer de la place de la Constitution on avait renouvelé je ne sais quelle annonce de cigarettes de tabac blond ; le fait me peina, car je compris que l’incessant et vaste univers s’éloignait d’elle désormais et que ce changement était le premier d’une série indéfinie, 2021

tempera on canvas

67.95 x 78.1cm

About Loïc Raguénès

Loïc Raguénès is a painter whose works are representations of rhythmic patterns, atmosphere, sensation and weather. Raguénès often incorporates simple, graphic undulating lines that seem like soundwaves, imbuing each painting with a particular resonance, as well as depicting the visible waves of the ocean. In this sense, the artist’s work can be considered at once figurative and abstract, straddling the boundary that separates the two polarities. The visuality of Raguénès’ paintings – misty, hazy, liminal – as well as their vast scale, gives them an immersive, dreamlike quality. They wash over their viewer, subtly soaking into the skin. Another trademark of the artist’s work are his ‘neo-pointillist’ works, the result of Raguénès digitally manipulating photographs before rendering them with paint. Written by Goldsmiths CCA

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